Section 128: Administration and planning of numbering, electronic addressing.
(1) The Commission shall solely and exclusively be vested with the control, planning, administration, management and assignment of the numbering and electronic addressing of network services and applications services.
(2) The Commission shall develop a numbering and electronic addressing plan for the numbering and electronic addressing of network services and applications services taking into account the subsisting numbering plan prior to the commencement date of this Act.
(3) The numbering and electronic addressing plan may set out rules which include-
(a) the use of different numbers and electronic addresses for different kinds of services;
(b) the assignment of numbers and electronic addresses;
(c) the transfer of assigned numbers and addresses;
(d) the use of assigned numbers and electronic addresses;
(e) the portability of assigned numbers and electronic addresses;
(f) the requirements for network service providers and applications service providers to maintain a plan for assigning and reassigning numbers and electronic addresses ; and
(g) the fees for the assignment and transfer of numbers and electronic addresses which may be determined by the Commission.
(4) The Commission shall make the numbering and electronic addressing plan available to the public for a fee to be decided by the Commission.
Cite this section
Section 128, NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS ACT (2003).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/nigerian-communications-act/section/128/