Number Portability

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Section overview

This section represents local databases (further on, we'll describe everything on the example of two providers: Numuri and TJA). Here you can find the list of ranges and numbers downloaded by Files Collector. It's intended to facilitate the administration of number portability. Number Portability refers to the ability to transfer either an existing fixed-line or mobile telephone number assigned by a local exchange carrier and reassign it to another carrier.

How it works

TJA (RN): During the translation of the call, the system verifies the code of a TJA number, identifies the number, and changes the Dst Number to 372+RN Number.
Numuri/TJA (Owner): During the translation of the call, the number is verified and the system applies a dynamic tag (owner's name) to the call for further billing.

The section consists of 3 tabs:

Number Portability
Gateways
Downloads History

Number Portability tab

The tab is presented in the form of a table of ranges of numbers with the following columns:

Screenshot: Number Portability

Column Name	Description
ID	Identification number of a number range
Range Start	Starting number in a respective range
Range End	Final number in a respective range
Owner	Name of a number range owner
Modification Date	Indication of the latest date of numbers range modification

Functional buttons/icons that are present in a section are as follows:

Button/Icon	Description
	Allows creating a new range of numbers for Numuri provider
	Allows adding a new number for TJA provider
	Allows managing an existing range of numbers on a list
	Allows deleting a range of numbers from the system. Requires confirmation

Advanced Search

Use the Advanced Search drop-down menu for fast investigation in this section. This tool provides a filter to limit the search results for higher working efficiency. By default, section data is filtered by the Numuri provider. To display TJA provider data, in a drop-down menu select TJA in the Provider field. Click on the blue downward arrow icon.

Screenshot: Number Portability section

Creating a New Range/Number

To create a Numuri range of numbers, click the New Range button and specify the fields listed below. After that, click OK.

Screenshot: Number Portability section/Numuri range creation form

Field	Description
*Range Start*	Set a range start position
Range End	Set an end position
Owner	Determine an operator that owns a respective range of numbers Attention Further, the owner's name will be applied to the call as a tag (for example, EU Carrier 1) for billing the call.
Modification Date	Indicate the last modification date

First of all, click on the blue downward arrow icon in order to display TJA provider data. Select TJA in the Provider field in a drop-down menu and click a Search button. To add a TJA number, click a New Number button, specify the required fields, and confirm the number creation by clicking OK. The list of fields in a creation form is as follows:

Screenshot: Number Portability section/TJA number creation form

Field	Description
*Code*	Specify the code of a TJA number
*RN Number*	Indicate a registration number
Modification Date	Indicate the last modification date
*Code Name*	Specify a respective code name of a TJA provider
Owner	Determine an operator that owns a respective number

Gateways tab

Attention

In VCS 3.17.0, for the purpose of making the Traffic Processing section more versatile, the TJA gateway has been divided into TJA (Routing Number) and TJA (Owner) (more information can be found in this article). Please note that each gateway in the tab has its own unique and predefined format of LNP update file, thus, we recommend to address our support center to avoid any possible issues while configuring the gateways.

Apart from Numuri and TJA, JeraSoft Billing is integrated with the following providers:

Broadvox
Vera Networks
PCT
Lithuanian

The Gateways tab is presented in the form of a table of gateways of all 6 above-mentioned providers with indication of its name and assigned data source. However, only Numuri, TJA and Lithuanian can be managed. To assign a new data source to a gateway, click on a respective gateway name and specify a target data source in a corresponding field (see screenshot below). Depending on a selected data source, additional fields may differ (see Data Source section):

Screenshot: TJA gateway management

Downloads History tab

Downloads History tab displays files downloading history through one of the number portability gateways. It is presented in the form of a table where ID, gateway name, filename, download date and file size are specified. You can also remove files from the list by selecting them and clicking on the Delete button above the tab.

Screenshot: Downloads History tab

LNP/MNP Configuration

LNP/MNP configuration can be divided into 2 steps:

Set up the download of external data to local LNP/MNP databases
Configure communication between JeraSoft Billing and these databases

Step 1

To configure a download of external data, namely LNP/MNP file updates, you need to:

Open Data Source section and create a new data source with IMAP or Web (Numuri) connection type.
Go to the Gateways tab of the Number Portability section and open TJA or Numuri gateway settings.
Assign IMAP or Web (Numuri) data source to a respective gateway.
Tip
- IMAP - mail mode to download files. For this type the format of the file must be *csv.zip.
- Web (Numuri) - web mode to download files. For this type the format of the file must be *csv.
At first, downloaded files will be displayed in the Downloads History tab. After being parsed by the Files Collector tool, numbers will be displayed in the Number Portability tab.

Step 2

The next stage is to configure JeraSoft Billing addressing to our local LNP/MNP databases during routing. To do so:

Go to the Traffic Processing section and create a new rule or open settings of an existing one.
Select a target provider from the drop-down list of LNP/MNP field and apply settings.

Congrats! Your LNP/MNP is configured and ready for work.