140 Telecommunications Act 2005 2005, No.20 62. Use of Numbers-(1) Service providers and customers shall not have any property rights in numbers. (2) A service provide shall only change a customer‟s number: (a) on request of the customer; (b) if a fixed service customer‟s location changes; (c) if the change is required by the National Numbering Plan; or (d) if the service provider has reasonable grounds for doing so and if the service provider has given reasonable advance written notice to the customer in question, stating the reason for and anticipated date of the change. In cases of emergency, oral notice with subsequent written confirmation shall be sufficient. 63. Number Portability-(1) The Regulator may, after consultation with affected service providers and other interested parties, issue an order directing one or more service providers to develop or to assist in the development of a number portability implementation plan, for approval and implementation by order of the Regulator. (2) In considering whether to implement number portability, the Regulator shall have due regard to the costs of such portability and the availability of technology that permits such portability in Samoa on a cost-effective basis. (3) The costs of the Regulator in developing introducing number portability and the ongoing costs of administering number portability shall be recovered from service providers in accordance with applicable rules or orders. 64. Service Provider Selection-(1) The Regulator may, after consultation with the affected service providers and other interested parties, issue an order directing one or more service providers to develop or to assist in the development of a service provider selection or service provider pre-selection plan, for approval and implementation by order of the Regulator. (2) In considering whether to implement service provider selection or service provider pre-selection, the Regulator shall