MNP or mobile number portability

did u know about mobile number portability....??

alaa... dat Digi advertisement with simple cartoon and Celcom advertisement with harith iskandar tue... actually mobile number portability aslo name MNP is a widely accepted regulatory tool used to promote healthy competition and enhance customer choice in the mobile market. It effectively eliminates customer “stickiness” resulting from attachment to a mobile number or perceived premium attached to a prefix, as may be the case in Malaysia.

For your information, Malaysia late adoption of MNP. Singapore had started in 1997, Hong Kong in 1999 and Australia in 2001. When MNP was first introduced in Hong Kong back in 1999, churn rates soared. In three years it was reported that a total of 5 million subscribers switched operators and kept their numbers in a territory with a population of 7 million. RM10 is a tiny fee to pay to keep your number and Malaysian consumers will undoubtedly not hesitate to make use of this service when it is made available. Nevertheless, since all three Malaysian networks have been offering more or less similar packages in terms of quality and price the churn rate here may not be as high. MNP is usually best introduced at a stage when the market has entered a mature phase, because at that point a further boost in competitiveness may be desirable. MNP is going to be great for consumers but not really good news for mobile service providers.

All our mobile phone numbers start with a three-digit network code 01x, followed by the seven-digit phone number. This would mean that we wouldn’t be able to differentiate Maxis users from DiGi users. You could be using a 012 number but be on the DiGi network. This could be a problem since Maxis to Maxis calls are obviously cheaper than Maxis to DiGi calls. If you are not able to tell the difference between numbers it might be harder to monitor your call charges especially if you’re on a fixed line contract.

For me, MNP have their pros and cons itself… just think about your prepaid or bill especially for student. So, conclusion for MNP is... 012, 013, 016, 017, 018, 019, is Maxis or Celcom or Digi or U mobile, the only different is their rates. So how to determine either our friends use maxis digi celcom or u mobile....?? Think bout it. thats all.