GLUMP
Encyclopedia
Geographic Number Portability Unbundled Line Metallic Path or GLUMP is a product related to Local Loop Unbundling
(LLU) in Ireland. Geographic Number Portability (GNP) is the process of a user moving their number to a new address. Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) is the process of a line being used by a 3rd party to provide a service on the incumbent's exchange or line. Comreg (The Irish Communications Regulator) and eircom
, the incumbent telecom
company, have named the combination GLUMP.
Local Loop Unbundling (LLU
) is the better known process of a 3rd party using the "last mile" Copper. GLUMP is a variation on this where a subscriber to a 3rd party for LLU
based broadband may keep their existing number or even the analogue phone service form the incumbent. Normally the phone number and analogue line is lost on getting a LLU
based product.
In the last revision of GLUMP (assisted by Comreg) 2007 only Magnet Networks
was availing of this eircom product and by late 2007 even Magnet was making little use as they concentrate on offering their triple-play (Phone, Broadband and TV) via fibre.
Number Portability (NP) is defined as a right for the Irish user by Comreg, but though porting your number between Mobile Phone Operators takes less than an hour, porting an eircom fixed line number can take days to months even if GLUMP is not involved. GLUMP is not required to port an existing number to a non-eircom connection, such as VOIP or phone service provided via fibre, cable or Metro Microwave.
news wire reported at the time:
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Local loop unbundling
Local loop unbundling is the regulatory process of allowing multiple telecommunications operators to use connections from the telephone exchange to the customer's premises...
(LLU) in Ireland. Geographic Number Portability (GNP) is the process of a user moving their number to a new address. Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) is the process of a line being used by a 3rd party to provide a service on the incumbent's exchange or line. Comreg (The Irish Communications Regulator) and eircom
Eircom
Eircom Group LTD is a telecommunications company in the Republic of Ireland, and a former state-owned incumbent. It is currently the largest telecommunications operator in the Republic of Ireland and operates primarily on the island of Ireland, with a point of presence in Great Britain.As Bord...
, the incumbent telecom
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
company, have named the combination GLUMP.
Local Loop Unbundling (LLU
LLU
LLU is a three-letter abbreviation which may refer to the following:* Alluitsup Paa Heliport , in Alluitsup Paa, Greenland* Local-loop unbundling* Loma Linda University...
) is the better known process of a 3rd party using the "last mile" Copper. GLUMP is a variation on this where a subscriber to a 3rd party for LLU
LLU
LLU is a three-letter abbreviation which may refer to the following:* Alluitsup Paa Heliport , in Alluitsup Paa, Greenland* Local-loop unbundling* Loma Linda University...
based broadband may keep their existing number or even the analogue phone service form the incumbent. Normally the phone number and analogue line is lost on getting a LLU
LLU
LLU is a three-letter abbreviation which may refer to the following:* Alluitsup Paa Heliport , in Alluitsup Paa, Greenland* Local-loop unbundling* Loma Linda University...
based product.
In the last revision of GLUMP (assisted by Comreg) 2007 only Magnet Networks
Magnet Networks
Magnet Networks is an Irish company providing telephone, television and internet services via subscription over optical fibre.Magnet Networks was launched in Dublin on 1 December 2004, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based international investment company Columbia Ventures Corporation...
was availing of this eircom product and by late 2007 even Magnet was making little use as they concentrate on offering their triple-play (Phone, Broadband and TV) via fibre.
Number Portability (NP) is defined as a right for the Irish user by Comreg, but though porting your number between Mobile Phone Operators takes less than an hour, porting an eircom fixed line number can take days to months even if GLUMP is not involved. GLUMP is not required to port an existing number to a non-eircom connection, such as VOIP or phone service provided via fibre, cable or Metro Microwave.
History
GLUMP was developed in 2006. The Irish Information TechnologyInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
news wire reported at the time:
Investment
Investors have been warned about the risks of investing in this, or any other telecommunications securities, under Ireland's Blue Sky LawBlue sky law
A blue sky law is a state law in the United States that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud. Though the specific provisions of these laws vary among states, they all require the registration of all securities offerings and sales, as well as of stock...
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