Now You Can Move Your Mobile Number to another Network (MNP)
On Monday 22nd April 2013, the Nigerian
Communications Commission launched the first phase
of the Mobile Number Portability Service (MNP) in
Lagos. What this means is that Nigerian mobile phone
users can now move their mobile numbers from one
network operator to another.
Among the dignitaries that flagged off the service were
the Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications,
Bath Nnaji, House of Representatives Chairman on
Communication, Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, and the Executive
Commissioner of the NCC, Eugene Juwah.
Later, the second phase of the MNP service will be
launched with fixed wireless operators like Starcomms,
Visafone and Capcom.
The MNP was first inaugurated in Singapore in 1997.
The United Kingdom and Netherlands followed suit in
1999 while Spain Switzerland and Sweden the service
between 2001 and 2002. The US inaugurated the
service in 20003, South Africa in 2006 and Ghana in
2012.
How the service works
This is how the MNP service works, according the
Chief Operating Officer of the Interconnect Clearing
House of Nigeria (ICHN) Mr Uche Onwudiwe:
If you wish to move your number to another network
operator (e.g. from Operator A to Operator B), you
would first have to make your plan known by informing
the recipient operator (Operator B).
After you have done this, the ICHN, which is the
company in charge of moderating transfer of numbers
through the MNP service, will send a message to your
present operator (Operator A), informing it of your plan
to leave its network for another network.
Then the recipient network (Operator B) will then send
you a new SIM card and a confirmation text informing
you that the transfer has been done successfully. The
whole process takes 48 hours.
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