Again, NCC Fixes New Date For Mobile Numberportability Launch

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again fixed another date for the launch of Mobile Number Portability (MNP). This time, the commission chose April 22 as the new launch date across all networks of Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM).

The Director of Corporate Affairs at NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo, who dropped the hint Thursday, told THISDAY in a telephone interview that NCC eventually settled for the April 22 MNP launch date, having been convinced by the network operators that their networks were ready for the roll out of Mobile Number Portability in Nigeria.

“We are going to celebrate it in a colourful launch that will hold in Lagos on April 22,” Ojobo said.

NCC had earlier warned that it was not going to shift grounds on the planned roll out of MNP, and insisted that the roll out must be in April this year, without mentioning any particular date in April. The reason for not fixing a particular launch date earlier, according to Ojobo, was to allow the operators to choose a convenient date, based on the state of readiness of their networks. He had however insisted that the roll out of MNP would not exceed April this year.

NCC had fixed April 1, for the launch of MNP, but shifted it to an unknown date in the same month of April, after telecoms operators came begging for three weeks extension to enable them complete test-run of their networks, in preparation for the eventual roll out.

NCC had in 2006, announced for the first time that it was going to implement MNP, but it was not implemented, as telecoms operators resisted it on the ground that the network infrastructure as at then, was not robust enough to accommodate the challenges associated with mobile number porting.

In 2009, NCC re-introduced Mobile Number Portability and again the operators turned it down, giving the same reasons. In 2012, NCC gave December 2012 as deadline for operators to commence the exercise, but they reluctantly agreed yet they could not meet the deadline.

In January, NCC fixed March 25, as the new date for the commencement of MNP, but again, telecoms operators were unable to meet up with the March date, a situation which compelled NCC to further shift date to April 1.

Having discovered that the April 1 date was not going to be feasible, NCC Thursday, announced April 22 as the new date for the launch of MNP.

In technical parlance, Mobile Number Portability is a process that allows subscribers to migrate from one network to another, in search of better quality of service, while still retaining the original phone number, irrespective of the network the subscriber chooses to migrate to.

NCC in its released guidelines for MNP, made porting free of charge for subscribers, but insisted that subscribers could port their numbers, once in every 90 days.

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na una sabi cos i no need to port i already have the whole network sim in my pocket thanks to china phone with 3 sim two of it can take all the sim cards una fit put the day for 22 april 2222 no be my problem.

Bunch of inconsistent people

Ok

Na u sabi

who care

This will certainly be the end of some netwk provider

Huuray..4th 2 comment on ma frst try....bt its a nyc idea if it cn b implemented lst lst sha...

NCC....... Money Don change word

they no ready.they will still swift d date.ALL NA YEYE network.

Not going to be feasible

femi1743: Huuray..4th 2 comment on ma frst try....bt its a nyc idea if it cn b implemented lst lst sha...

You need another network...the one you dey use to slow

Not feasible

i have d sims for d major networks in nija.. una fit shift d date to next 3 years...i dnt give a damn....

THANKS TO MY TECNO N3

deejay_harry1: i have d sims for d major networks in nija.. una fit shift d date to next 3 years...i dnt give a damn....

THANKS TO MY TECNO N3

Na dem sabi. Me I no dey kukuma port sef.

possibilita: na una sabi cos i no need to port i already have the whole network sim in my pocket thanks to china phone with 3 sim two of it can take all the sim cards una fit put the day for 22 april 2222 no be my problem.

Same thing here jare.

MNP to me is needless

NCC nor be wetin una suppose do be that, instead make una tell them make them reduce. Their tarrif, una dey do portability.......

Emmy(esq):
NCC nor be wetin una suppose do be that, instead make una tell them make them reduce. Their tarrif, una dey do portability.......

abi nah. Na them sabi.

Ncc,phcn,nuc,efcc,npf and other government regulatory body ar all bunch of crap..instead of scrapping all dis org.dey ar busy delibrating on scrapping jamb and neco..to hell wit all of ya

ok

I cnt wait to lif emptyhen 2 eti baba

Ncc

We don hear 2 then

what happen to the #6.40 per minute call to all networt which is to commence 1st of this month by the YEYE NCC?

abeg ask dem o

na wu go port b4... If dem lyk make dem postpone am 2 2015, na thir wahala b dat....

Hmnn...hope they wont change the date again. can't wait

Read the steps to take in changing from one network to another via mobile number portability in Nigeria here.

It's a good thing sha...
Throwing to MTN. Lolz

If my original network is MTN and change to Etisalat. Which network will i recharge on?

oluemmakay: If my original network is MTN and change to Etisalat. Which network will i recharge on?

Etisalat of course

will dat change d price of garri?