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The Australian Communication and Media Authority has decided to approve new timeframes for switching phone number porters (porting) between telco providers, which means majority of Australian organisations will only need 15 working days rather than up to five months to switch providers while retaining numbers—a decision welcomed by telco alliance Commpete.

Telstra Corporation Ltd has paid an infringement notice of more than $1,500,000 after the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found it failed to provide consumers with the opportunity to keep their existing local phone number when changing telcos, known as local number porting.

The company that facilitates the portability of 1300 and 1800 telephone services - . Industry Number Management Services (INMS) - has made available its number allocation solution to Australian telecommunications companies, without the necessity for the telcos’ to incur additional capital expenditure costs.