Mobile Number Portability (MNP), What it is?

Mobile Number Portability (MNP), What it is?

6 Comments 01 November 2006

Mobile Number Portability (MNP), which allows cell phone subscribers to migrate from one cellular provider to another without having to change numbers, was postponed twice by ICASA, but according to Vodacom, MTN and CellC they are now ready to implement the system.

No we have Virgin Mobile on the scene in South Africa too.

What it means to you is that if you have a vodacom/mtn/cellc/virgin number, are not happy with them, want to change to a new mobile service provider. You are now able to change between CellC, MTN, Vodacom and Virgin Mobile and take your number with you

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i dont see the use of this mnp thing,coz if someone dont like de service provider he/she has ,she/he will buy a neww sim card coz its less than R2 so guys really besides joking i dont c any need&blieve me or not less peolpe will use ds.as4me i’ve got 3 sim cards&i use which ever i feel like coz all of dem r R6 not de R75 u r talking about.
http://unodewaal.wordpress.com Uno de Waal
Nomfundo, the problem is when I have a lot of people who call me on the same number it means that they won’t be able to contact me anymore. Unless I let everyone know everytime I change my simcard, or change my business cards, or change my contact details online or whatever.
If I’m in a contract I’m stilled locked in though anyway?
http://www.rafiq.za.net/blog Rafiq Phillips
TYFYC Nomfundo & Uno – If you have a number that you use for business or personal purposes it is not always possible to switch sim cards. What happens when your clients, boss, family or friends need to get hodl or you urgently? Do you print all the number on your biz card? Or.. when you give your number to friends do you give them all 4 and ask them to try them all?
Marie
wanna do Mobile Number Portability (MNP)would like to change my service provider from cell c to vodacom and keep my number .
how do I do that
Mark
The good people at Nashua Mobile who have my number tell me that in order to retain my number if I leave them, I will need to find another service provider. I couldn’t use a prepaid service, for example. Can anyone confirm the truth of this? It seems to me to fly in the face of the intentions of MNP – that the consumer can shop around for the best service without being penalised by having to change the number.
isaac
what must i do if i want 2 change my number to different services and keep my number?