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Articles tagged with: Number Portability and Latin America
Lat-Am Telecoms Operators Well Places to Maintain Credit Ratings
Fitch Ratings has issued a report on Latin America Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) industry, which indicates that most of the companies in the TMT sector within the region are well positioned to maintain stable credit profiles, aided by strong cash generation, low to moderate leverage and favorable debt maturity profiles. more
Related Tags: itu, fitch-ratings, telmex, television
Axtel Uses Comptel Dynamic OSS to Support Number Portability in Mexico
Comptel has announced that Mexico'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 Axtel'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). more
Related Tags: oss, comptel, mediation, billing, Mexico
Number Portability Outlook in Latin America and the Caribbean
Number portability (NP) is a policy that was included in regulatory frameworks during the process of opening up fixed telephony markets in Latin America at the end of the 1990's, or more recently, via Free Trade agreements signed with the U.S. In both cases, the implementation of NP has not been obligatory, meaning that specific regulation is required. Furthermore, this should be understood only as an expression of good will until market evolution justifies the addition of this service offering. Prior to the launch of Number Portability in Mexico, in July of 2008, this policy was only in place in Puerto Rico. This is because, as a territory of the U.S., it is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). more
Related Tags: signals-telecom-consulting, telcel, federal-communications-commission, telmex, congestion, virgin, caribbean, Mexico
Colombia's Congress to discuss mobile number portability
The initiative, originally proposed by congressman Simon Gaviria, was previously approved by a permanent congressional committee. more
Related Tags: mobile-number-portability, gartner, compete, 3g-americas, telcel, mnp, caribbean, Colombia
Mexico: No Operator Consensus on Number Portability Details
The committee, set up in June of this year and headed by Cofetel president Hector Osuna, last met on Monday (Sep 10) but could not agree on several subjects related to how a customer is ported from one network to the other. more
Related Tags: one-network, cofetel
Number Portability legislation likely to enter general congress in 2-3mths
A bill to implement number portability (NP) in Chile is currently awaiting debate in the lower house's economy committee and will likely advance to the general floor of the house in the next two to three months, the committee's chairman Eugenio Tuma told BNamericas. more
Related Tags: subtel
Study recommends MNP implementation by 2010
A study commissioned by Peru's transport and communications ministry MTC has found that 2010 would be the best year to implement number portability (NP) for mobile services, considering economic, technical and administrative factors, the ministry said in a statement. more
Related Tags: cofetel, communications-ministry, osiptel, mtc
Telcordia: number portability allows new market entrants
Implementing number portability (NP) could be an added incentive for telecoms operators to enter new markets in Latin America by allowing them to compete for other companies' subscribers, according to an executive with US software solutions provider Telcordia Technologies. more
Related Tags: telcordia, centennial-communications, caribbean
Tekelec aims to open Venezuela office in Q1
US network applications company Tekelec expects to open an office in Venezuela in the first quarter of 2007, Tekelec's Brazil director Paulo Henrique Souza told BNamericas. more
Related Tags: instant-messaging, ims, sip, tekelec
Panama to study number portability in 2007
Panama's public services regulator ASEP will study next year the requirements needed by operators to implement number portability for local fixed and mobile services, daily La Prensa reported. more
Related Tags: mvno, iden, churn
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