Comptel has announced that MexicoÃ's Axtel is using its mediation, provisioning and activation solutions to support the newly launched number portability in the country. Comptel Convergent Mediation Solution supports the correct recording and billing of new subscribers ported into AxtelÃ's network; Comptel Provisioning and Activation Solution manages both the process of porting in (new subscribers to Axtel's network) as well as porting out (subscribers choosing to take their number to another service provider).
Mexico, a country with 19 million fixed line users and 71 million mobile users, launched Number Portability (NP) in July 2008, leading the way in Latin America. Brazil is planning to bring NP soon, and many other countries in the region are considering it as a way to increase the level of competition.
A recent poll carried out by Telesemana on behalf of a select group of independent solution vendors including Comptel found that Latin American operators believed almost unanimously (92%) that Wireless Number Portability (WNP) was needed by 2010. Forty three per cent of the respondents have either implemented or intend to implement the portability functionality in the next 12 to 18 months. At the same time, 72 per cent of respondents considered it necessary to do some changes in their current OSS/BSS systems to support Mobile Number Portability.
Mr Alexandre Troise, VP for Comptel in Latin America explains: "Number Portability is a very important issue in Latin America right now, and operators are rightly concerned about the ability of their OSS to support this. At Comptel we have gained experience in Number Portability around the world, and were able to apply this at Axtel to meet our customerÃ's objectives."
Posted to the site on 27th October 2008
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