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Last Updated: 1 January 2021
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF FIJI AND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPEAL TRIBUNAL, AND THEIR FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND THE MANAGEMENT AND LICENSING OF RADIO SPECTRUM AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
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(2) The Authority must assign numbers for telecommunications services to licensees on a non-discriminatory basis.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Authority must—
- (a)take account of relevant international standards;
- (b)ensure that sufficient numbers are available for the current and reasonably anticipated future needs of carriers;
- (c)have regard to the role that numbers can play in conveying useful information to consumers, including information about the type of service being used;
- (d)promote efficient use of numbers;
- (e)promote fair and open competition;
- (f)as far as possible and subject to paragraphs (a) to (e), avoid the imposition of costs on consumers as a result of changes in the numbering system; and
- (g)ensure that any plan takes into account number portability to the extent it is implemented under section 44.