A resource from Bandwidth’s resident product operations experts to inform you on certain product requirements, regulatory changes, and emerging industry guidelines.
April 30, 2024
In order to offer public communications services in Finland, you first need to notify your services with the country’s regulator, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (TRAFICOM).
If you offer electronic communication services in Finland, we ask that you notify your services with TRAFICOM by April 30, 2024 to avoid any disruption with your services in Finland.
June 3, 2024
In addition to holding a relevant CNMC Authorisation (i.e. having notified to the CNMC), it is now mandatory for resellers and their numbering supplier to sign a Joint Declaration for suballocation before releasing numbers to the reseller. This Joint Declaration (hereinafter: Model 7 Agreement) is provided by CNMC in the announcement and must be jointly signed by Bandwidth and reseller and filed with the CNMC.
Please note that any number type that is not listed for that reseller in the CNMC database will not be allowed to be purchased or continue to remain on account after June 3, 2024.
Ongoing
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) maintains and enforces the Reducing Scam Calls and Scam SMS Industry Code (The Code). The Code undergoes regular updates and revisions and is broadly designed to set out processes for identifying, tracing, blocking, and otherwise preventing scam calls and SMS in Australia. The Code applies to any provider that offers telecommunications services in Australia.
Ongoing
In order to offer public communications services in Germany, you first need to notify your services with the country’s regulator, BNETZA.
Ongoing
In order to use Israeli services and be assigned Israeli numbers, you must provide the required end-user information for address verification. For your convenience, we have a guide on what end-user information needs to be provided for LAR verification in Israel in our Help Center.
Ongoing
In order to offer public communications services in Norway, you first need to notify as an operator with the country’s regulator, the Nasjonal kommunikasjonsmyndighet (Nkom).
For your convenience, we have a guide on how to notify as an operator in Norway in our Help Center.
Ongoing
In order to offer public communications services in Portugal, you must be notified as an operator with the country’s regulator, the Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM).
For your convenience, we have a guide on how to notify as an operator in Portugal in our Help Center.
Ongoing
To meet Turkish regulations, we conduct audits of end-user information and addresses every 3 months to maintain accuracy. Keeping this information current is your responsibility to ensure uninterrupted service.
Ongoing
In an effort to reduce spoofed and nuisance calling, the UK regulator, Ofcom, announced that operators must block calls from outside the UK that are using UK fixed line numbers as their CLI.
Aimed at combating fraudulent robocalls and phone number spoofing, the FCC has adopted rules based on the STIR/SHAKEN standards to help restore consumer trust in the calls we receive.
Learn more about STIR/SHAKEN
The FCC requires that enterprises provide a “dispatchable location” to public safety at the time of a 911 call. Meeting the deadlines requires precise 911 location along with modern dynamic location capabilities.
Learn more about RAY BAUM’s Act
Kari’s Law, which went into effect on February 16, 2020, requires direct dialing to 911 and that enterprises notify designated personnel when a 911 call has been placed.
Learn more about Kari’s Law
