Service provider independent mobile phone number-based service delivery

A computer for delivering communication services, the computer comprising:

• a bus system;
• a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores program instructions;
• and
• a processor connected to the bus system, wherein the processor executes the program instructions to:
• receive a request from a subscriber for a mobile number from a mobile number authority;
• responsive to receiving the request from the subscriber, assign a mobile number to the subscriber;
• send the mobile number to the subscriber;
• receive a request from a communication service provider to register with the mobile number authority;
• responsive to receiving the request from the communication service provider, register the communication service provider with the mobile number authority;
• and
• subscribe a communication service from the communication service provider using the mobile number, wherein the mobile number is simultaneously used to subscribe a plurality of communication services from a plurality of different communication service providers, and wherein the plurality of communication services from the plurality of different communication service providers comprises second communication service from a second communication service provider.

A computer program product for delivering communication services, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the method of:

• receiving a request from a subscriber for a mobile number from a mobile number authority;
• responsive to receiving the request from the subscriber, assigning a mobile number to the subscriber;
• sending the mobile number to the subscriber;
• receiving a request from a communication service provider to register with the mobile number authority;
• responsive to receiving the request from the communication service provider, registering the communication service provider with the mobile number authority;
• and
• subscribing, by the computer, a communication service from the communication service provider using the mobile number, wherein the mobile number is simultaneously used to subscribe a plurality of communication services from a plurality of different communication service providers, and wherein the plurality of communication services from the plurality of different communication service providers comprises a second communication service from a second communication service provider.