The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has issued its Resolution No. (18) of 2015 promulgating Regulation on the National Numbering Plan (NNP).
The purpose of the Regulation is to approve and promulgate the updated NNP for Bahrain in line with the TRA’s powers under the Telecommunications Law.
This plan aims to conform with the relevant and applicable ITU standards to meet challenges faced by the changes in telecommunication environments, while promoting the efficient use of national scarce resources and protecting future developments and needs.
TRA’s Director of Technical and Operations Eng. Mohammed Alnoaimi stated that the updated NNP had been designed to be scalable and flexible in the sense catering for different challenges of multi-operator and multi-service environments for years to come without any change in its basic structure.
He added that extra-simplified measures have been implemented in the Plan; in addition to, allowing more numbers to be allocated by operators addressing the growing demand of numbers and short codes in particular.
The updated NNP can be viewed on TRA’s website at www.tra.org.bh. TRA invites all concerned and interested parties to view the update plan.
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