South Africa’s Numbering Plan

Underpinning the delivery of mobile services to consumers is South Africa’s national numbering plan. This deals with not only the short codes used by WASPs, but also international, geographic and non-geographic numbers. ICASA’s numbering plan regulations set out processes for allocating, transferring and using numbers. Join ICASA’s Numbering Specialist, Tumishang Makhafola for a look at how the numbering plan works.