adewasco2k: The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced March 26 as the launch date of the Mobile Number Portability (MNP).

Director of Public Affairs of the commission, Tony Ojobo made this disclosure during Channels Television’s flagship programme, Sunrise Daily, today in the video above.

“There will be a launch by the end of this month, we are going to flag it off’’

“So we are looking at the 26th of March or there about”.

Ojobo said the MNP will enable a consumer move from his service provider to another without losing the number he already uses despite the change in the SIM card of the consumer.

The service however will not be available to consumers who haven’t registered their SIM cards.

He further said service providers who try to woo consumers that have submitted request forms to another service provider will be dealt with by the commission.

The ability to choose or fire your GSM service provider is one whose time has come in Nigeria, and will only deepen competition among operators and improve service quality, so i think its a good one.

http://www.wasconet.com/ncc-to-launch-mobile-number-portability-on-march-26/

Rooneyboy:

Have noticed the upgrade too, convincing Nigerians is a very difficult assignment to do, even Jesus christ would find it difficult.

MNP Guru: Number Portability will be free. You will be required to complete a form and send SMS to make a request. You can only port once every 90 days. You should also ensure your line has been registered.

I work for an Operator (Name withheld) and I have been trained on how Number Portability will work in Nigeria so I can provide any clarification to any questions or enquiries.

Rooneyboy: I don't get what u guys are saying about MTN ,
I mean , I use all networks and can boldly say that my MTN is the cheapest of them all.

Jesuspikin87: Noted*
They shud also work on Airtel and Glo's BIS plans. Their Gigabyte, just too small.

puskin: Don't worry.....when that date reaches.....another story will come out why the MNP date had to be shifted yet again.

chronique:

bye-bye to jati-jati,bye-bye to rede-rede,in the name of Jesus,bye-bye to "empty hen o"(mtn).

Abrantie GH: Why is the Giant of Africa always far behind?

Rooneyboy: I don't get what u guys are saying about MTN ,
I mean , I use all networks and can boldly say that my MTN is the cheapest of them all.

MEILYN:

Watin concern GEJ nd NCC? Abii u take weed ni? Na GEJ MAKE D DECISION?

gerald09: MTN is in trouble!!!! Let d competition begin nw u don't hav to carry 7 fones jt 1 nw can go a long way.

MEILYN: Mtn Done Die........Chaiii Mtn Is Against Dis 4sure......Nice Call

Greatken007: AM sure MTN wil sit up,statistics have it that in every home in Nigeria one person must have an MTN line,MTN u av no option dan to work hard as GEJ.GEJ stil remain the most performing president Nigeria has ever had...My Airtel 1gb is just too fast and very cheap

dmcdad:
Maybe because we are the giant when it comes to rating by negative factors...

megareal: At last! *dancing alingo on top of coconut tree*

talk2s:

No be GEJ make de decision and no be him approve am, NA YOU!

MNP Guru: Number Portability will be free. You will be required to complete a form and send SMS to make a request. You can only port once every 90 days. You should also ensure your line has been registered.

I work for an Operator (Name withheld) and I have been trained on how Number Portability will work in Nigeria so I can provide any clarification to any questions or enquiries.

frankells: as for me, am gonna stick with my mtn; MTN till i die.

rman: The question we should first ask ourselves is: Why do I want to move to another network while retaining my old number (Number portability)?

If it is for cheaper calls: The rates of all the operators for similar service rendered is quite similar across board and very very close, you won't notice much of a difference in savings on calls etc. In fact, I feel it is very close to zero.

If it is for quality of service: It all depends on your location and the resources they deployed there.eg, GLO may be great in Lagos and terrible in Ondo

For all those claiming MTN is dead, I can confidently say that they will benefit more, why? Because they are the only one that have positioned themselves strategically for these number portability that I am aware off. MTN has spent close to 1billion dollars on network modernization and expantion and they are still doing more. 90% of the fibre project across the country right now belongs to MTN.

I know the others are trying but the truth is that GSM network is all about capacity you can carry. All the operators currently have collectively around 15,000+ base stations ( sites ), more than 7000 currently belongs to MTN.

So when you want to port to a network, do your research very well because you may actually be porting to a network that does not have enough capacity.

Everything is about service delivery and customer satisfaction and this a very good development.

interguru: some foolz like u in nigeria still dont understand how government works

Rooneyboy: I don't get what u guys are saying about MTN ,
I mean , I use all networks and can boldly say that my MTN is the cheapest of them all.

Rooneyboy: I don't get what u guys are saying about MTN ,
I mean , I use all networks and can boldly say that my MTN is the cheapest of them all.