Icasa looks to ease number porting rules

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) plans to review the number portability regulations to make it easier for consumers to switch networks. Number portability, which was introduced in 2006, allows cellphone and fixed-line subscribers to switch network operators without losing their phone numbers. Referred to as porting, it was meant to spur competition at a time when voice prices were high. The rationale was that if users could switch networks without losing their numbers, operators were likely to cut prices and improve services to win customers.

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