There is considerable attention to the ‘structural’ regulatory measures that have been adopted in the European Union’s regulation for roaming in the European Union and that will become effective in July 2014.  The separate sale of regulated roaming services by any alternative roaming provider (ARP) shall enable customers to access … Continue reading →

In Netherlands a Public Consultation is started on 9 july 2013 by the Ministry of Economic Affairs concerning the change of the National Numbering plan. The proposed change  allocates IMSI ranges for shared application (M2M)  and for non-public networks. Documents can be found here (In Dutch Language only)  

  BEREC, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communication,  has published the Guidelines on the application of the separate sale of roaming services (‘Roaming Decoupling’). The Guidelines on Articles 4 and 5 are aimed to clarify all the aspects regarding the application of the separate sale of roaming services … Continue reading →

Rabion Consultancy has presented at the LTE World Summit 2013, at the SIMposium 2013 in Amsterdam at 26 June 2013. At the event the latest developments around SIM cards, eUICC, M2M and NFC were presented and discussed. If you are interested to have an update of these topics, then us know! … Continue reading →

Rabion , Raymond Bouwman, Will be speaker and Chairman at the Global SIM Posium 25 and 26 June 2013 in Amsterdam.  He topic of the speech is ‘The SIM and international roaming’ and he will speak about Roaming Decoupling and other new roaming opportunities. If you are interested, then have … Continue reading →

Still many countries are facing the challenge of implementing Number Portability. In several countries that did implement Number Portability the telecom industry is seeking for improvement of the existing process in trying to reduce the number of rejected requests, in reaching higher efficiency and in shortening the lead time of … Continue reading →

BEREC pas published the consultation document and the consultation Guideline for ‘Roaming Decoupling'(Separate Sale of roaming services) for the new regulatory measures for the EU to be implemented as of July 2014. Here is the link to the documents. If you are in need of support concerning International Roaming  and Roaming … Continue reading →

Rabion Consultancy has presented at the Roaming World Congress 2013 about the status, implementation and expectations for Roaming Decoupling. In the European regulation as of 1 july 2014 the separate sale (from the domestic provider) of roaming services is introduced. The presentation download: RWC2013  

Working Towards Mobile Number Portability in Haiti. Rabión Consultancy is working on the implementation of Mobile Number Portability in Haïti. Please find the announcement at the website of CONATEL, the Telecommunication  Regulatory Authority  of Haïti

www.businessdayonline .com publishes an article about the ongoing process of number portability implementation for Nigeria: ‘NCC’s draft regulation on number portability to protect subscribers’ rights’. http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/media-business/51840-nccs-draft-regulation-on-number-portability-to-protect-subscribers-rights