{"id":103268,"date":"2024-06-18T08:31:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T08:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicoinnovationhub.com\/macra\/?page_id=103268"},"modified":"2024-06-20T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:08:00","slug":"numbering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nicoinnovationhub.com\/macra\/numbering\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;45deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 0%|rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/nicoinnovationhub.com\/macra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/telecommunication_tower.jpg&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;60px&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;18px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Numbering<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/nicoinnovationhub.com\/macra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/corner-dots-left-top.png&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; background_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; background_enable_image_phone=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||35px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||35px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;25px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|300|||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;2000ms&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;50ms&#8221; animation_starting_opacity=&#8221;3%&#8221; animation_speed_curve=&#8221;ease-in&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;17px&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; text_orientation_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_orientation_phone=&#8221;justified&#8221; text_orientation_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The Malawi Communications Authority amongst other responsibilities develops and administers the National Electronic Numbering resources and provides guidelines on allocation and use of numbering resources.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the Authority is empowered to develop the country\u2019s National Numbering Plan for the Malawian telephone network (both fixed and wireless) and ensuring the allocation of unique national numbers to each subscriber connected to the network. 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