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New Zealand Porting Guide
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This guide provides information on how to port a number from New Zealand. Dialpad supports the porting of geographic and toll-free numbers. To complete the port request, you need to provide a Letter of Authorization (LOA) and the latest invoice from your current carrier. The standard lead time for a port request is 10 business days for both geographic and toll-free numbers. It is important to check with your current number operator if porting away is possible. If you want to port a partial range of numbers, you must disassociate them before proceeding. Sequential numbers should be entered correctly in the form. There are possible reasons for port rejection, such as incorrect end user name or missing wholesale account number. A checklist is provided to ensure all necessary documents and requirements are met. Dialpad charges a one-time porting fee for New Zealand numbers.
Need to port a number from New Zealand? This guide will walk you through the process.
Supported Number Types
Dialpad can port the following New Zealand number (NZ +64) types:
- Geographic Number
- Toll-Free Number
Required Documents
In order to complete your port request, Dialpad requires the following documents.
- LOA
- Latest Invoice from the current carrier
Document List
Click the links below to obtain the LOA for your port request.
How Long Will It Take?
The standard lead time (SLT) for a port request is:
- 10 business days for geographic numbers
- 10 business days for toll-free numbers
Porting Requirements
Number portability for all number types is available via the larger operators but not available with all operators. Please enquire with the current number operator whether porting away is possible via them.
- Full ranges are to be ported. If you wish to port a partial range, you will need to disassociate those numbers from the range before proceeding with porting.
- The Country code for New Zealand (64) must be included when inputting the numbers to be ported
- If the numbers are part of a sequential number range, the first number is entered in From; the last number of that range entered into
- Example Scenario: your customer wants to port over the following numbers: 6467587755, 6467587756, 6467587757, 6467573057, 6467586125, 6467586275, 6467586276, 6467586277; disconnect 6467573053
- Those numbers in red are sequential, ie: follow on from each other. The form should be completed as below:
- Any numbers to be disconnected/relinquished can be added to the form – you must select ‘Relinquish’ from the drop-down box in the Action column
- Please add the Total numbers to be ported
Possible Port Rejection Reasons
While we do our best to prevent it, it does sometimes happen that a port request is rejected. The most common rejection reasons are noted below. As you can see, details matter and this is why we ask you to triple-check all the information you provided before submitting your port request.
- Incorrect end-user name
- Number is not active
- Incorrect service address
- Incorrect or missing wholesale account number
Porting Checklist
- LOA is filled out, dated, and signed
- Latest invoice from the current carrier
- All numbers are active with your current carrier
- All numbers in your account are porting over or you’ve disassociated them from the other numbers in your account with your current provider
- You’ve provided a desired port date in compliance with the SLT (*Dialpad will do its best to meet this date but there is no guarantee.) If no date is provided we will port the numbers ASAP.
Cost
We charge a one-time porting fee for New Zealand. For more information please reach out to [email protected].
More Information
Be sure to read our Porting FAQs for more information on the porting process.