#mobile number portability philippines

The Mobile Number Portability Act has been recently signed into law by President Duterte. The law makes mobile numbers "portable," ensuring consumers that they may keep their mobile numbers if they ever switch to a different telco provider or change their subscription plans. According to the measure, telco companies should allow their consumers to keep their mobile numbers free of charge. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) was also certified by the law to pay up to PHP 40,000 in damages to each subscriber. The NTC was first urged to order telco companies to adopt Mobile Number Portability in 2017. The Senate has approved a version of a bill that aims to allow telecommunications subscribers to keep their mobile number for life, even if they change providers or subscription plans. "The bill would give consumers them the freedom to choose the provider that would give the best value for their money without having to lose or change their mobile numbers," Gatchalian said. Quite a number of users have already been using their new uMobile SIMs too (7.19%) while fledgling Sun Cellular 3G is still down there. uMobile on the other hand, though an autonomous telco is still considered a Smart/PLDT property and their free ad-supported 3G services will certainly bump up their total numbers. Read more in our articles including "Mobile Number Portability Act signed into law" and "Senate OKs Lifetime Cellphone Number Bill".