MIIT to Expand Mobile Number Portability Trials in 2013
China Business News, 12/27/12
Miao Wei, head of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), announced at the 2012 National Industry and Informatization Work Forum in Beijing today that MIIT will release a new edition of the Telecom Industry Classification Catalog, expand mobile phone number portability trials, and adjust inter-network settlement policy.
Number portability trials were launched in Hainan and Tianjin in 2009 and 2010.
Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "Number Portability Trials Begin in Hainan" MD 4/30/09 issue and "Number Portability Trial to Begin in Tianjin" MD 4/14/10 issue.
Keywords: Miao Wei policy wireless number portability MIIT trial