Telecommunications Connectivity Inc. said Tuesday it registered a double-digit increase in porting activities since the SIM registration process began on Dec. 27, 2022.
Mobile number portability, or MNP, as a global practice enables a mobile phone customer to keep their number even when they switch networks or change their subscription from postpaid to prepaid and vice versa, free of charge.
TCI, the joint venture company formed by DITO Telecommunity, Globe and Smart Communications in 2021 to facilitate mobile number portability, said 28 percent more mobile users availed of MNP in January compared to the same month last year.
The January figure was also 26 percent higher than the porting activities observed in December 2022.
“We can only attribute this spike in MNP to the intention of mobile users to keep their number, even as they make the move to the subscription or network they wish to permanently register under their name under the SIM Registration Law,” TCI general-manager Melanie Arsua-Manuel said.
“This is how the convenience of MNP and the protection provided by SIM registration complement and reinforce each other,” she said.
