ECC Report 153, Numbering and Addressing In Machine-To-Machine (M2M) Communications, Nov 2010

This report is the ECC ruling on numbering for machine-to-machine communication.

Among others key issues, the report makes some recommendations: “(…) 3. Four numbering options were discovered for M2M applications: A) Existing mobile number ranges, B) A new number range, C) An international numbering solution and D) Network internal numbers. In a short and a medium term the four numbering options (A-D) can be envisaged; based on the current knowledge of the market none of these have a clear preference. In cases where there is a need to distinguish M2M services and the traditional mobile services option A has to be excluded. Options B and D are needed if the growth of M2M is larger than expected or if there is no adequate space in existing number ranges in use. Option C depends on ITU.

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