TELECOMMUNICATIONS NUMBERING DIRECTIVE WHEREAS, Telecommunications Numbers are scarce resources that needs effective allocation utilization, and management; WHEREAS, ensuring that Telecommunications Numbers are assigned efficiently, quickly, transparently and fairly, without undue discrimination against particular customer classes, Licensee types and communications technologies are essential to make new telecommunications product and services accessible to customers; WHEREAS, establishing administrative procedures for development and amendment of National Telecommunications Numbering Plan has been instrumental in predicting and preventing shortages of Telecommunications Numbers in a timely manner; WHEREAS, it is found to be appropriate to monitor and control the use of Telecommunication Numbers so as not to limit the needs and rights of customers; NOW, THEREFORE, the Ethiopian Communications Authority hereby issues this Telecommunications Numbering Directive in accordance with Articles 6(11), 27,28, and 29 of the Communications Service Proclamation No. 1148/2019. . PART ONE GENERAL 1. Short Title This Directive may be cited as the “Telecommunications Numbering Directive No. 795/2021.” 2. Definition In this Directive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1) “Allocation Status” means the status of a numbering Block defined pursuant to Article 6 of this Directive. 2) “Assignment” means an authorization given by the Authority for a Licensee to use a Telecommunications Number under specified conditions. 3) “Authority” means the Ethiopia Communications Authority established under Article 3 of the Proclamation. 4) “Block” means a set of consecutive Telecommunications Numbers. 5) “Charge” means fees applied to Telecommunications Numbers. 6) “Code” means a positive integer that forms the most significant digits of each of the Telecommunications Numbers in a Block. 7) “Contravention” means any failure to comply with the requirements identified in Article 49 of this Directive. 8) “End User” means a customer that is not an Interconnecting Licensee or a provider of an international route to or from the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. 9) “Interconnecting Licensee” means a Licensee who has interconnected or has 1