PH Subscribers Await Number Portability Operations

Subscribers of the Glo
bal system of mobile communication (GSM) in Port Harcourt are still awaiting full operation of the number portability service as promised by the telecommunication network operators in the country.
A cross section of subscribers who spoke  with The Tide Wednesday in Port Harcourt, said the number portability service was yet to be visible in the area.
According to them, it was difficult to see any subscriber, who is using the service,  adding  that the vision may not be  achieved, after all.
A subscriber, Kate Igwe, told our reporter, that she has repeatedly contacted  her net work provider over the issue without any tangible reason for the delay.
She wondered why subscribers in the  country would be deceived  over a particular service, saying that Nigerians must learn how to take legal actions against the regulations and service providers.
Another respondent, Mr. Ferguson Nwile, said  the member portability scheme would have been he best option, if operations were serious about it.
He noted that most subscribers in the country were interested in the service due to its potable outlook, but regretted that the service was yet to be operational.
Others told  The Tide that the Federal Government should rise to the occasion and ensure that telecom companies are brought to book should they paid to make the service workable in the country.
Meanwhile, a top mangemnt staff of the Nigerian Communication Commission in Port Harcourt, said that both the government and the telecommunications companies are working together  to ensure  that number portability comes to stay.
He did not deny the possibility of dropping the project, but said  that it would be counter-productive, if the government does so.