Mobile Number forever

Minkomsvyazi returned to the question of the possibility of continuing subscriber's phone number in case of change of the operator. In doing so, apparently, the government is willing to translate it into action. According to Press Secretary Minkomsvyazi Helena Lashkinoy, will shortly be set up pilot zone for the development of the use of mobile number portability (MNP - Mobile Number Portability). One of the most likely included the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan. The final decision on the establishment of pilot sites will be accepted by the scientific and technical advice in the Ministry, which should come this summer. If this experience will be considered successful, the legislation will be amended, the procedure for using the service MNP.
According to experts, the introduction of MNP would strike first and foremost on the federal operators, calling them a further exodus of subscribers. However, in many ways, this will depend on the nature of the legislative amendments, and at this point in the guide operators «big three» not too worried about this, considering it only a distant prospect.