Abstract
Pursuant to Section 8 of the Telecommunications Act (the “Act”), the Office of Utilities Regulation (the
Office/OUR) has been assigned the function of Jamaican National Numbering Plan Administrator with
specific responsibility for the management and administration of numbering resources to be used in
relation to telecommunications services provided by carriers and service providers as prescribed in said
Act.
This Determination Notice sets out the views of the Office in relation to the Jamaican Common Short
Code Scheme that will be used by entities seeking to provide Value-added Services. It also lays down
the specific features that are to be utilised with the scheme so as to ensure consumer protection. price
transparency and limit any potential confusion to end-users utilising Value-added Services.
The document also highlights instances in which the OUR has reconsidered or revised its position as a
result of comments submitted in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking dated 2015 June 15
