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 | | A study concluded in 1997 on harmonised national numbering conventions resulted in an ECTRA recommendation in 1998 advising national administrations to base national numbering regulations for telephone numbers on a detailed framework extending the Interconnection Directive in particular with respect to the process of number assignment. |
 | | Regarding numbering plans, it is expected that some structure in the numbers may disappear, for example, the distinction between fixed and mobile numbers. |
 | | Once numbering regulation has been established in European countries and, at a later stage, more is left to self-regulation by industry, the role of ETO with respect to numbering will focus more on collecting information and on routine tasks such as ETNS administration and management. |
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