well first of all telephone numbering has an old old history that we can't ignore. We can try to change it to mirror the realities of teh day (ENUM<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_number_mapping> ). Now with that in mind, note that mobile phones also came WAAAY after the numbering systems that started their journey before the telegram. (grab a copy of Timothy Wu's 'the master switch'). So again some history to deal with there. Whether or not your solution is better is not relevant unless you are willing to push it through the standardization bodies. Now which one do you work with? the internet numbering (skype works pretty well on my phone without a phone number) or the ITUnumbering or a combination. It is an evolution so your recommendations can be taken to account, just need to push it beyond skunkworks. So as always, your solution is probably better, probably even the best, now if you can make us use it?:-) Gitau On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:39 AM, bernard kioko <bernsoft@gmail.com> wrote:
Can @bernard explain his two point answer? It doesnt appear to me like his points dictate the current scenario.
Regards
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Jangita Nyagudi < jangita.nyagudi@gmail.com> wrote:
true @Odhiambo,
To make it tighter, it could be
x-yyyy-yyyy
x = operator code (for call routing @ bernard) - this will give space for at least 9 operators. Also with MNP this is not needed (see below) yyyy yyyy = subscriber number - this would give space for 99,999,999 subscribers per operator
And now with number portability there is no need for the X since the networks can use HLR lookup on the central number database to find our which network a certain number is registered to, and the call is routed there. So all you would eventually need is a yyyy yyyy phone number which can cater for 99,999,999 (99 million Kenyans). This would actually make good use of the hardware and software put in place for MNP so we would all have 8 digit numbers.
On 12 June 2012 16:14, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
Excellent question. I've always wondered this as well
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Odhiambo Washington < odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
Skunks,
Please help me understand.
Let's say Kenya has 50 million citizen and 4 mobile network operators.
Suppose each MNO was given just a single PREFIX, and told to use
10-digit
numbers (072 000 000 0000) wouldn't it suffice to serve all Kenyans?
I am just imagining wildly why this is not the case?
What is the justification for all these prefixes?
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