Contents
Decision On Telephone Number Management
Chapter 1 : General Provisions
Article 3. Definition of Terms
Article 4. Scope of Application
Chapter 2: Management and Utilization of Telephone number
Article 5. Management of Telephone number
Article 6. Telephone number approval for service providers
Article 7.Telephone number approval
Article 8. Format of Telephone number
Chapter3: Reserved Resource and Numbering Plan
Article 9. Reserved telephone number
Article10.Numbering Plan and Numbering Utilization
Chapter 4: Right and Obligation of Telecommunication service providers and numbering User
Article 11. Right of Telecommunication Service Providers
Article 12. Obligation of Telecommunication Service Providers
Article 13. Right of telephone number user
Article 14. Obligation of numbering user
Article 15. Restriction for Telephone Number Service Provider
Article 16.Restriction for Numbering User
Chapter 6: Policies forward persons with outstanding achievement And Measures against the violators
Article 17. Policies forward persons with outstanding achievement
Article 18. Measure Against Violator
Lao People Democratic Republic
Peace Independence Democracy unity prosperity
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication No. 023 / MPT
Vientiane Capital, Date: 08 Jan 2015
On Telephone Number Management
The Minister of Post and Telecommunications
Here by issues the following decision:
General Provisions
This Decision determines the principles, regulations and measures regarding the management, monitoring, inspection of operation of the use of Telephone number to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness and aimed to promote the efficiency use of telephone number according to regulations and to contribute to the national development.
Telephone number is telecommunication resources, which needed to administrate, allocated and approve by Ministry of Post and Telecommunications prior to service.
Article 3. Definition of Terms
Terms that used in this decision are described as below:
Article 4. Scope of Application
This Decision is applies to both Telecommunication service providers and Telephone Number users in Lao PDR.
Management and Utilization of Telephone number
Article 5. Management of Telephone number
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications is responsible in allocate and approve telephone number to Telecommunication service providers in the Lao PDR.
Article 6. Telephone number approval for service providers
Telecommunication service providers wishing to provide telephone number services, shall submit letter of intent and summary report to Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, which included:
Article 7.Telephone number approval
Individual, legal entities or organization who wishes to use telephone number shall register at service point or representative branches of telecommunication service providers and obliged to related laws;
WHERE SIM Card registration Decision is stated in separate regulation under Ministry of Post and Telecommunication;
For the telecom service provider who wishes to return telephone numbers back to Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, can be done so by returning the whole lot of numbers.
2. Special Number
Individual, legal entities, or organization who wish to apply for special number shall seek approval from Ministry of Post and Telecommunication to consider in accordant to conditions and numbering plan for special number.
2.1 Scope of special number usage
Special number with 3 digits is allocated for emergency, government special tasks only in accordant to special numbering plan and allocation of Ministry of Post and Telecommunications.
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications assign the three digits or four digits special number to the similar user function, is to unify the special number usage and to efficiently utilize telecommunications resource (telephone number)
Special number with 4 digits is allocated for emergency, government special tasks, Charity services, promote national economic development activities of companies, and key activities that serve public in accordant to special numbering plan of Ministry of Post and Telecommunications.
Telecommunication service provider that uses 3 or 4 digits special number to service similar types of task within the company needs to use the same special numbers.
Article 8. Format of Telephone number
Format of telephone number in Lao PDR are based on National Numbering Plan of Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and in accordant to International Telecommunication Union’s recommendation or ITU.
Reserved Resource and Numbering Plan
Article 9. Reserved telephone number
The numbering plan for reserved number is the planning of numbering to ensure sufficient resource for future expansion of telecommunication service providers and numbering users to use in future and to cover the whole country.
Article10.Numbering Plan and Numbering Utilization
Numbering plan and utilization plan of telecommunication resources (telephone number) is the responsibility of Ministry of Post and Telecommunications to allocate, assign, approve, and plan the number utilization in accordant to existing National Numbering Plan to support the growth of telecommunication network in each period.
Right and Obligation of Telecommunication service providers
and numbering User
Article 11. Right of Telecommunication Service Providers
Telecommunication service provider has the right as following:
Article 12. Obligation of Telecommunication Service Providers
Telephone number service providers are obligated as following:
Article 13. Right of telephone number user
Telephone number user rights are:
Article 14. Obligation of numbering user
Telephone number users are obligated to:
Restriction
Article 15. Restriction for Telephone Number Service Provider
Telephone number Service Provider is restricted to perform actions as following:
Article 16.Restriction for Numbering User
The numbering user is restricted to perform actions as following:
Policies forward persons with outstanding achievement
And Measures against the violators
Article 17. Policies forward persons with outstanding achievement
Individual, legal entities or organization that actively in implementing this Decision particularly on contribute license fees and numbering service fees on a regular basis, behaved according to the Law, contribute to reserve and efficiently use of numbering, which result in contribution to country social and economic development shall be rewarded appropriately.
Article 18. Measure Against Violator
Individual, legal entities, or organization that violate this Decision for instance, allocate and use telephone number without authorization from Ministry of Post and Telecommunication, will be asked to return the number and shall be educated, fines or penalized depending on the degree of violation according to the related Laws.
Final Provisions
Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications is responsible on the implementation of this Decision.
This Decision enters into force from the date of signing and fifteen days after publishing on the official gazette.
MINISTER
Sign and stamp
Hiem Phommachanh
Name | Description | Status |
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Requirement for Telephone Number Service providers | Telephone number service providers are obligated to provide necessary information to related agencies on matters that concern public and national security | Active |
Requirement for Telephone Number Service Providers to pay fees | Telephone number service providers are obligated to pay numbering and services fees | Active |
Requirement for telephone number service providers to refrain from activities, including providing numbering services which are not registered | Telephone number service providers are prohibited from performing actions including enabling numbering service prior to approval and enabling numbering service which is not registered. Art 18 provides for violators to return the number and be educated, fined or penalized | Active |
Requirement to obtain telephone number approval for service providers | Telecommunication service providers wishing to provide telephone number services must receive approval to do so | Active |