NewsWhore
08-25-2009, 04:50 PM
The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) has announced that beginning 30 September 2009 consumers will be able to keep their cellular numbers, even if they switch service providers. This has been a long-standing issue.
INDOTEL director Jose Rafael Vargas says the DR follows Brazil and Mexico and is the third country in Latin America to offer the service. He said cell phone providers have invested US$28 million to make this program possible.
Vargas said that consumers will be charged RD$80 pesos to switch from one provider to another. The change should take 3 to 10 working days. There are 7.9 million cell phone telephone numbers in use in the DR, and 17 companies offer the service. Vargas expects numeric portability to result in better service and rates for consumers.
The operation is handled here by the informatics division of El Corte Ingles, a Spanish conglomerate.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)
INDOTEL director Jose Rafael Vargas says the DR follows Brazil and Mexico and is the third country in Latin America to offer the service. He said cell phone providers have invested US$28 million to make this program possible.
Vargas said that consumers will be charged RD$80 pesos to switch from one provider to another. The change should take 3 to 10 working days. There are 7.9 million cell phone telephone numbers in use in the DR, and 17 companies offer the service. Vargas expects numeric portability to result in better service and rates for consumers.
The operation is handled here by the informatics division of El Corte Ingles, a Spanish conglomerate.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)