Number portability network, how far is far from universally? -Number portability network-IT news
Number portability network, how far is far from universally?

Abstract: due to operators ' attitudes, and some even resisted carrying local number portability, making universal progress slows.

Jiangxi, Hubei and Yunnan provinces also began to test the of number portability . The execution is hard to do, why not spread?

The so-called number portability network, users without changing their mobile phone numbers under users who can convert to other carriers, and enjoy its services.

Hong Kong, China, launched in 1995, the world's first fixed telephone number to carry, then join local number portability in the global epidemic. Only from the perspective of Asia, including Japan, and Korea, and Singapore, and India, China's Hong Kong, Macao and other countries and regions have been implemented.

On September 20, 2014, Jiangxi, Hubei and Yunnan province officially launched the opening to the public mobile phone users number portability tests.

In Tianjin, Hainan, two pilot provinces and cities, more than 18 million mobile subscribers in two years to apply for transfer than 1%, only about 70,000 users successfully apply for pilot areas, application after being the success rate was only 36.7%.

Operator attitudes

Number portability for users to network with no additional burden on the carrier, it is not the case.

Ministry of Telecommunication Research Institute report pointed out that users carry local number portability success rate is not high, the reason is that carriers in order to avoid losing customers through technical means of artificial barriers, prevent the user from carrying out.

Number portability policy operator attitudes. China Mobile with user advantages, consider number portability net negative impact on its larger, subjectively not number portability policy advocates and even resister.

China Telecom and China Unicom, taking into account the two-way number portability network effects may create uncertainty for them, they'll come in single number portability policy had more expectations.

However, number portability network helps promote the depth of competition in the communications industry, which is the Ministry of industry would like to see.

But the current Government has been slow to be careful, one important reason, is that you balance the interests of different operators. In the 4G era, after the arrival, three operators small level differences, how to look after the interests of different operators, is number portability success of network one of the key points.

Technical difficulties and construction investment

Implementing number portability networks requires operators of existing networks, and billing systems to upgrade and maintain the user database, this means that the increased cost of network operations.

In 2013 the Ministry into Hubei Province, such as number portability switching test range. Hubei Province, less than a year, three main companies devoted a total of 93.4 million dollars, for technical transformation, personnel training and other related work.

Operator to implement number portability policy requires not only technical preparation, database construction, network transformation, you need to add the appropriate equipment and expansion and modifications to existing equipment, you also need to resolve billing, number query and a number of management problems, these implementations require huge investments in technology, as well as a certain amount of time.

Number portability transfer confirmation number that is one of the difficulties is that carriers belonging requires additional capital investment, not only that, but due to various phone numbers bindings are a lot of Internet business and banking, software and architecture is inherently messy, now more difficult.

Telecommunications landscape is changing

Now competition in the telecoms industry and the external environment, compared with four years ago, great changes have taken place.

Mobile phone penetration is already high, some phones support dual SIM dual standby, and there are many people hold two or more numbers. Meanwhile, telecommunications charges also decreased, three operators of package price fluctuations. Moreover, with the development of the mobile Internet and popularity of app, mobile QQ mobile application, to a certain extent replaced the function of mobile phone number. These factors have weakened the people from switching power.

Meanwhile, 4G of network commercial time on a node, the domestic telecom industry in a period of restructuring, towards the further opening up of telecommunications industry the situation is clear. Now expand the pilot scope of number portability network, was released to further break the monopoly that the Government, leading to compete effectively in the market signals visible in the pilot based on the accumulated experience, universal coverage should not be too long.