The Smartnumbers™ Auction enables customers to select a 13, 1300 or 1800 telephone number from a pool of available numbers for their business. The greatest advantage of this auction is that businesses can choose telephone numbers that best promote their businesses to their customers.

On 18 August 2004, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will begin its Public Auction of Smartnumbers™.

Smartnumbers™ are freephone (1800) and local rate (13/1300) numbers initially allocated via auction by the ACMA. They are easy-to-remember six-digit 13 and 10-digit 1300 local rate numbers, and 10-digit 1800 freephone numbers.

Those wishing to participate in the auction must:

• Register on the Smartnumbers™ website and pay the registration fee of $88 (including GST).
• Indicate the number(s) or a range of numbers of interest and then bid for the numbers when the auction date arrives.
• If you successfully win a number at auction and pay for it you will have Rights Of Use (ROU) over that number. This includes the rights to trade or on sell those numbers.

Numbers with little or no numeric or word value are available by paying an administration fee of $500. (These are not classified as Smartnumbers™).

Once you’ve purchased a number contact PowerTel Sales to organise a REACH activation.

For more information on Smartnumbers™ call the ACMA on 1300 79 39 19.