BOCRA dumps Mobile Number Portability

MNP allows mobile phone subscribers to change network providers without changing their numbers, thus easing the playing field in the market. 

Last week, Segokgo told Parliament the initiative would not proceed as an operator network readiness assessment study had shown that it was not feasible. In his Committee of Supply presentation, the minister said operators had been encouraged to investigate other alternatives to MNP, such as promoting over-the-top services and other “disruptive technologies”.