Telecommunications Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator (TRBR) made this decision to amend the National Numbering Plan dated 12 June 2012. The National Number Plan is an important document which provides a guiding procedure for the management of telecommunications numbers in the telecommunications sector in Vanuatu.
The amendment opened the short code for 16X to include voice and SMs services to include the following services:
• Free public information telecommunications services within the government and also NGOs; and
• The short code for 166 is allocated to National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) to enable them to provide warnings and related matters.