Numbering, Naming and Addressing

ComReg regulates the telecommunications sector in Ireland in accordance with EU and domestic legislation and is tasked with the management of the National Numbering Scheme, including attaching conditions to Rights of Use granted for numbers. No-one may use numbers from the scheme unless they have been designated for that purpose by ComReg and assigned to the person concerned. The Commission’s role is to balance the need to conserve this finite national resource while ensuring that there is always an adequate supply of numbers to support the demands of existing and new customers and service providers.

Tasks include:

Allocating numbers for existing services
Developing frameworks for new and innovative services
Ensuring that numbers are used in accordance with their conditions of use and with the National Numbering Conventions (currently ComReg 08/02)
Monitoring number utilisation and implementing number changes when and where required

These web pages contain information on the numbering scheme for Ireland, how to apply for numbers and on the work carried out by ComReg in the area of Numbering.