Numbering Plan Community

The i3Forum Numbering Plan Community serves as a place for carriers and numbering plan experts — i3Forum Members and non-members alike — to share information and expertise, collaborate on best practices, discuss numbering plan-related issues, and access accurate and timely numbering plan updates provided by their peers.
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Improving numbering plan communication and information to optimize your mission-critical activities: routing, pricing, billing, dispute resolution, and fraud prevention.

Community Approach

Not a numbering plan reference database, the community platform provides a structure and a mechanism to capture, share, and discuss numbering plan updates. Collaboration is key as participants share best practices and useful information to the benefit of the community at large.

i3Forum manages the platform, providing usage guidelines, new participant vetting and onboarding, content moderation, and a roadmap for improvements.

Participating Carriers are expected to access their trusted sources, identify reliable updates, and share updates to synchronize changes across the industry. They are encouraged to use the discussion platform and be active members of the online community and virtual meetings.

“We can easily share our own numbering plan expertise, and in turn get timely news and updates from our peers. These fresh insights can help us to better optimize our A‑Z offers to the benefit of our business and our customers.”
Jamie FisherDestination Manager, Telstra
“The platform promotes collaboration as it encourages constructive discussions, identifies problems faster, and strengthens connections with industry peers. It helps businesses keep data fresh, avoid billing disputes, and increase customer satisfaction.”
Tata Communications Limited
“The Numbering Plan Updates Community is a fantastic tool to complement traditional sources of numbering information. We rely on precise numbering knowledge to help us bring quality pricing offers to the customer.”
Routing Manager, Fortune 100 company

The i3Forum’s NP Community continues to grow and is now up to nineteen industry participants!  Members include…

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3 EASY STEPS

How do I participate?

  1. Fill out the Application Form while being sure to read the expectations and terms of use. There is no charge to join. 
  2. Once you are approved, you will receive an email with your credentials to set up your account.
  3. Once your account is initialized, get familiarized with the platform by reading the Getting Started Quick Guide.
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Usage expectations / Terms of use

The platform is not to be used, under any circumstances, for commercial purposes, including but not limited to: promoting products and services, enhancing 3rd party numbering plan products and services, advertising and selling voice termination routes, and related services.

Participants can not post any confidential or anti-competitive information, including but not limited to pricing, margin, trade secrets, information that may damage a carrier’s reputation, fraudulent range information, carrier specific information, etc.

The platform is not to be viewed under any circumstances as providing any recommendations regarding traffic management policies, and or actions, including but not limited to; routing, pricing, billing, supplier management, procurement, etc.

The i3Forum is not responsible or liable for content posted on the platform. The i3Forum expects participants to post current, reliable, sourced and verified information but all content is provided by participants under their sole responsibility. Participants can use the information available at their discretion.

Participants are expected to adhere to platform usage processes and procedures, including editing or deleting their own information only. Participants are encouraged to flag any violations or anomalies and report those to the i3Forum accordingly.

Participants are expected to contribute to the platform in a meaningful way. The i3Forum will monitor and enforce a fair and equitable use of the platform.

The i3Forum reserves the right to remove content and or participants from the platform for violating platform rules, or for insufficient use of the platform.
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