13Requirements relating to the registration of sender identifications for an international partner or an EMSP partner

13 Requirements relating to the registration of sender identifications for an international partner or an EMSP partner

International partners

If:

an international partner requests:

a certified telecommunications provider to make an application for registration of a sender identification in the Register, for the partner, on behalf of a non-ABN entity or an ABN entity; or
a participating telecommunications provider that is an originating telecommunications provider, and that is not a certified telecommunications provider, to make an application for registration of a sender identification in the Register, for the partner, on behalf of an ABN entity; and

the provider agrees to send sender identification messages for the partner;

the provider must make an application for registration of the entity’s sender identification in the Register, for the partner, on behalf of the ABN entity.

1. Subject to subsection (4), before making the application under subparagraph 13(1)(a)(i), the provider must have made written contractual arrangements with the international partner, which:

2. remain in force for as long as the partner is involved in the sending of sender identification messages; and

3. require the partner to perform the confirmations at paragraphs 12(4)(a), (b) and (c).

Note: For an application made under subparagraph 13(1)(a)(ii), the confirmations in paragraph (b) will be undertaken by the ACMA via the Register system.

1. Subject to subsection (4), before making the application under subparagraph 13(1)(a)(i) or (ii), the provider must have made written contractual arrangements with the international partner which:

2. remain in force for as long as the partner is involved in the sending of sender identification messages; and

3. require the international partner to establish that the entity on whose behalf the sender identification is to be registered has a valid use case for the sender identification:

4. for a non-ABN entity – by confirming that there is a sender identification match for the entity by using by using one of the confirmation methods mentioned in paragraph 12(4)(d); or

5. for an ABN entity – by confirming that there is a sender identification match for the entity by using one of the confirmation methods mentioned in subsection 11(4).

The requirements in subsections (2) and (3) do not apply where the provider has made written contractual arrangements with the international partner to undertake the actions in subsections (2) and (3) on behalf of the international partner.