Commission (NCC) has said starting
from the first quarter of 2012,
Nigerians will be able to move
from one network to another
without the fear of loosing their
original numbers.
The Commission through its Head
of Media and Publicity, Reuben
Muoka, said that a consortium of
telcos comprising Interconnect,
Saab Grintek, and Telecordia will be
providing the service to Nigerians
for the first five years.
NCC said the consortium will be
responsible for the set up and
implementation of number
portability clearing house in
Nigeria, and provide mobile
number portability solution
administration in Nigeria within six
months of receiving the license
with a testing period of two
months.
The NCC had earlier indicated that
the number portability programme
would be the next logical step
following the SIM card registration
exercise, as it was necessary to
know the identity of subscribers,
who were porting their numbers at
different times from one network
to another.
Mobile number portability (MNP) is
a service that enables mobile
telephone users to retain their
mobile telephone numbers when
changing from one mobile network
operator to another.
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