What is Mobile Number Portability?
MNP allow a subscriber move from his service provider (block holder and donor)
to another (recipient) without losing your original phone number(eg change from
MTN to Airtel without losing ur MTN number).
Here are some terms for you to understand MNP very well.
==> Port In: joining a new service provider
==> Port Out: leaving a service provider
==> Subscriber : The customer that owns the number to be ported
==> Recipient: The service provider that a subscriber is changing to
==> Donor: The service provider a subscriber is changing from.
==> Block owner: The operator that originally own the sim card
Example
If subscriber A wants to leave MTN for Glo Mobile, it means subscriber A is
porting out of MTN and porting in to Glo. MTN in this example is the donor and
the block owner, while Glo Mobile is the recipient.
The NP clearing house is the body in charge of this service.
Other functions of the NP clearing house.
* Manage port request from the operators
* And also manage a centralize refference database
NOTE: You can only change from one network to another ONCE in 90 days.
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With Number Portability you can switch your telephone service providers that keeps your existing phone number, subscribers remaining in the same geographic area can switch from a wireless, wireline, or VoIP provider to any other wireless
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.Here i wish to add some additional points about MNP.
ReplyDeleteThrough the MNP,Everyone can change another network but keep same number means,For MNP process,try to do the following steps.
1.You will need your PAC(Porting authorisation code) from your current network service.
2.Then contact your new mobile service and tell them your PAC.They will provide your new sim card.
After getting your new sim card,Make sure your phone is unlocked one.If it's restricted by single network means,try to unlock your mobile before swap your sim.For unlocking visit UnBBLock.com