babuji: MNP is definitely not for everyone.

The major beneficiaries will be corporate bodies or organizations, multinational companies who have had their numbers since the advent of GSM in nigeria.

They would have been frustrated by their network provider time after time but cant afford to change their numbers at will because of the negative connotations.

Corporate organizations and MNC's don't have the liberty to change their corporate numbers at will because it will signify instability to their customers, suppliers and partners.

To these ones MNP will be a blessing.

Prior to porting they should have tested the service of the network they want to move to using test lines to ensure that the service is better than what they are currently recieving.

All in all, MNP is a welcome development.

driand: this writer is an mtn agent, u've come to talk us into holding on to your network with your expensive call rates, i say the time has come for u to go down d drain, have a nice day...... Scumbags...SMH.....!

tellmoon:


my thought exactly. He must either be MTN spokema or sympathiser.

luluosas: Disclaimer: Please, this is a personal submission over the behaviours of mobile phone network operators in Nigeria, therefore, don't crucify me for saying my mind. Thank you.

MNP is the acronym for Mobile Number Portability. Every Nigerian knows that the telecoms regulator in Nigeria, the NCC have long been promising MNP to Nigerians for a long time now. The more Nigerians expected this process to begin within the telecoms operators in Nigeria, the more it appears that it can never be possible.
Anyway, the wait seems to be over now with the green light NCC gave that, its implementation will begin (or have began) on 26th March, 2013. Although the four major telecoms operators to begin with the MNP have not release any guidelines on their website, Nigerians are truly looking up to a time they will have the POWER to hire and fire any operator at will, for this is the major essence of the MNP implementation.
From the foregoing, let me quickly say that, after observing the behaviours among the four major operators in Nigeria, which are Glo, MTN, Airtel and Etisalat, I have personally concluded NEVER to port/migrate to any network under the MNP implementation due to the simple fact that, never will a particular network provider tire me down to their service during poor service delivery on their network. To this end, my numbers on the various networks stays as they are at the moment.

Now, every individual telecoms service subscriber to Glo, MTN, Airtel and Etisalat in Nigeria knows too well that, these four operators have one thing in common - poor service delivery. With the continuous deteriorating services these telcos are offering Nigerians and coupled with the fact that, you are sometimes locked-out by these operators from legally using the service you have subscribed, it therefore make no sense for one to migrate under this MNP regime. The issue of drop calls, over charging on calls, SMS failures and charged, data subscription yet unusable, exorbitant data tariff, unable to call with airtime availability, USSD transaction failures, party called unreachable yet with you, charges for service(s) not rendered and so on and so forth, ranges among the challenges we currently face from these operators.

Ordinarily, one would think that with the HUGE profits these telcos are presenting at the end of every year from their investment, it will present a situation of normal business environment satisfaction from the contributors (subscribers) of these huge gains with quality service delivery but alas, the reverse is the case. The trend has always been that, the subscriber is at the receiving end while the operators keep smiling to the banks at their detriment. MNP somehow will address this but not ultimately.

In pursuant of this topic, I may therefore lack substance to fully express my position but, my decision NEVER to port my number or any of my numbers remain.

ADVANTAGE OF MNP:
1. Ability to retain your NUMBER after porting to a new telecom service provider.
To me, this is the only advantage that MNP will bring to the game. My argument is hinged on the fact that, most Nigerian telecoms subscriber today that have refused to adopt a new number from another provider, despite been offered poor and terrible services from their current operator, is borne out of the fact that, majority of the people have been using the said number they don't want to lose from the inception of Mobile Telephone services in Nigeria. Therefore, switching to a new service provider will mean that, you have to notify all your contacts about your new number, thereby giving you extra work to do. But with MNP, your contacts are still intact with your KNOWN NUMBER even though you are now on operator B network.

DISADVANTAGES OF MNP:
1. Tied down for a period of 90 days. I will rather switch Sim cards on my phone than switch a telecom service provider.
Now, MNP gives you the ability to switch a network provider but, only once in 90 days. Should the operator you just migrated falls into serious network challenges, it means you will remain with them no matter your bitter experience at the moment for a 90 days period. Me? Never!

2. Jump-in but can't Jumb-out at will. Today, whenever you are having network challenges with operator A, you quickly switch to operator B by changing your Sim card. In the case of MNP, you can only jump in at a time but can't jump out as you may desire to do with MNP regime.
These and many more are the reasons I will never jump ship for any reason as the current situation stands with all the four major telecoms operators here in Nigeria. They are all birds of the same feather.

Therefore, I humbly submit that, any reasonable Nigerian that want to continue to set the pace for his/her telecoms usage, should reject MNP and embrace multiple Sim card from the four operators. Thank you.

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babuji: MNP is definitely not for everyone.

The major beneficiaries will be corporate bodies or organizations, multinational companies who have had their numbers since the advent of GSM in nigeria.

They would have been frustrated by their network provider time after time but cant afford to change their numbers at will because of the negative connotations.

Corporate organizations and MNC's don't have the liberty to change their corporate numbers at will because it will signify instability to their customers, suppliers and partners.

To these ones MNP will be a blessing.

Prior to porting they should have tested the service of the network they want to move to using test lines to ensure that the service is better than what they are currently recieving.

All in all, MNP is a welcome development.

zetel95:
ive gone thru there FAQ, is not goin to b easy if u eneter d thin, it will takes 3months b4 u can OPT out. So i prefer d one of each network sim

vision2050: In two sentence please summarize....

black_beau: this would have made sense if we had any dependable network but alas,they are all the same. no difference except for their names. well,who knows maybe this innovation may make them sit-up and maybe pigs will fly.in the meantime,nairalanders,just get four phones or two two sim phones and buy the four major networks.this will ensure that you are not too disappointed. daz all

luluosas:
Pointless only to YOU.

KokoBeware: I wonder why people are complaining of the 90days... Do you want to be jumping from network to network
Remember the 90days option wasn't even there before : you couldn't port at all at all..
Now with MNP you have a choice of switching providers within 48hours and at least stay with them for 90days before you can switch again..... For me Having 3phones is really such a hassle.. But the option is still open..

The next thing telcos should do is monthly contract plans (fixed number of minutes per month to any network for a particular amount). This will make the MNP make plenty sense..

Plutonium:
I doesn't matter, the article is pointless. Na MTN agent or one of those nonsense people who carry two/three phones.

Plutonium:
I tire o. Person wey no fit port number before now dey complain about 90 days...you wan dey change network everyday?

x - 1

luluosas:
Really? Okay, will it be only ported numbers that can use this service if actually true or every Sim card, whether ported or not?

ciphoenix: before the MNP, you could only swap provider by buying a new sim. assuming you're swapping from Glo to MTN and Glo had x subscribers, your getting a new sim doesn't affect that figure. it remains x subscribers.

but with MNP, if you were to switch it will be

x - 1

subscribers, their loss.

i believe they're not dumb enough to lose subscribers so they'll all sit up.

if service is good, why would you want to switch every week?

this is a good thing.

if you're so concerned about the interval being too long then it shows you don't believe the MNP will make providers serious.

Koolking:

All ported numbers since this is a new platform are compliant for this service

luluosas:
I hope it is true though I am not moving anyway.

luluosas:
In all sincerity, how many lines do you presently have and why do you have them? Here, I am not even bordered about the 90 days stuff but, the fact that these present telcos in Nigeria are all the same.

i use 2. MTN and Airtel, because i have 2 phones.

they will all be the same until
the MNP is in full effect.

then they'll be battling to
outdo each other

ciphoenix:

i use 2. MTN and Airtel, because i have 2 phones.

they will all be the same until
the MNP is in full effect.

then they'll be battling to
outdo each other

nope, it doesn't. didn't imply it did

ciphoenix:

nope, it doesn't. didn't imply it did

great666: What will happen to my miserable post paid MTN line? while pointing to another network say GLO, will this line remain a post paid line or will it automatically change to a prepaid. If the later is the correct answer, if after 90 days, i choose to go back to MTN, what happens?

luluosas:

Changing network Sim cards is far better than to be tied down with a useless provider for 90 days in a critical situation.

seunlayi:


Longest years sir. You know I have bn on glo since but their network is very poor at my home despite their mast is less than 150 metres to my home. The 3g is usually none or a single bar on all our phones talkless of their 4g.they are very slow here in ibadan even when they signal is available. I made several attempts talking to their Cc and they kept telling trash.

I m therefore porting to mtn and will still port my mtn to glo