Technology News From The Philippines
Local telcos have committed to start the interoperability test in June this year and will carry out the full commercial launch by September.
Local telcos earlier estimated that the process of integration, interoperability, and other technical preparations would take some time and will make number portability services ready by the second half of 2021.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian pointed out that mobile number portability should be available within six months from the promulgation of the IRR, as provided under Section 11 of the Mobile Number Portability Act (MNPA).
Florida-based Syniverse was chosen as the mobile number portability service provider (MNPSP) after a rigorous technical and commercial evaluation process, the telcos revealed.
President Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed a law that will allow mobile users to keep their numbers even after they change service providers or subscription plans.
Voting 216-0 with no abstention, the lower chamber passed House Bill No. 7652 or the ?Mobile Number Portability Act? which is set to institutionalize Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in the country.
Cellphone users can soon keep their numbers even when switching providers as the House of Representatives gets ready to tackle the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) bill in plenary.
The Senate has already approved on final reading its own version of the proposed law.
