Electronic and Postal Communications (Mobile Number Portability) G.N. No. 422 (contd) (p) (q) (r) (s) Number portability clearinghouse obligations the recipient shall be responsible for notifying the subscriber about the status of the number portability; the mobile number portability process shall be carried out in such a way that the time between deactivation and activation of the ported number shall not exceed fifteen minutes; the number portability clearinghouse administrator shall, prior to activation of the ported subscriber number, electronically inform all licensees about the ported subscriber number specifying the subscriber number being ported, and the donors’ and recipients’ networks identification data; licensees shall ensure their wholesale or retail billing systems are capable of recognising the establishing number portability for correct accounting and billing. 8.-(1) The number portability shall be carried out through the number portability clearinghouse database ensuring the possibility to receive information about any subscriber number, which is necessary to direct the information being communicated to the networks of licensees. (2) The number portability process shall be carried out by means of the number portability clearinghouse processes engine ensuring proper inter-operator processes necessary to initiate, reject, accept, complete and terminate porting of numbers between licensees. (3) The number portability clearinghouse administrator shall operate independently from licensees operating in the United Republic and shall not, by all economical and legal connections, be related to them. (4) The number portability clearinghouse administrator shall be issued a licence by the Authority to provide administration services in accordance with the procedures set by the Authority. (5) The number portability clearinghouse administrator shall remit on quarterly basis, to the Authority information of ported numbers used by specific licensees. 101