Russia’s Communications and Mass Media Minister Nikolai Nikiforov has revealed that he has submitted a draft bill on the introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) to the government, the Prime Tass news agency reports. Using the microblogging service Twitter, the minister confirmed: ‘ signed and sent to the Russian government amendments to the law on communications for mobile number portability’, without elaborating further.*As noted by TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, in April this year then-president Dmitry Medvedev called for rules to be put in place to allow domestic mobile phone users to retain their existing numbers after changing service provider. The government has been attempting to implement MNP since 2005, when it initially floated the idea
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OVETEL MNP draft bill submitted for govt approval
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