Mobile number portability (MNP) service is expected to be offered this month which enables users to switch their operators while retaining their mobile number. This would improve not only quality of service but also better customer service as well as price competition.
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software and services provider, Telcordia, has been selected to manage mobile
number portability (MNP) in Argentina. The award was announced by the
Ministerio de Planificacion Federal, Secretaria de Communicationes (SeCom) on
behalf of the Comite de Portabilidad Numerica, a consortium of all mobile
operators in Argentina.
Telcordia will provide training and managed services over the five-year term. Telcordia manages number portability for more than one billion users worldwide. The Telcordia number portability solution has been selected for deployments in countries around the world, including: the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Lithuania, Greece, UAE, South Africa, and Nigeria.
The Argentine mobile market has more than 53 million costumers at the end of 2Q of 2011, representing a penetration of around 130%. The market is divided between four players: three main players, i.e, Telecom Argentina (Personal), América Móvil (Claro), and Movistar (it's a result of Telefónica’s merger of Unifón and Movicom (first Argentine operator)) having with similar shares and one relatively small operator (Nextel) providing only trunking services.
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