Chile’s Secretary of Telecommunications (Subtel) said that four companies – Telcordia, Indra,Informática El Corte Inglés and Neustar – presented technical and economic offers to manage Chile’s number portabilitydatabase. The winner will be announced on Aug. 5, and then will have 120 days toimplement the system, according to regulations of Chile’s Law Number Portability.
This is the third step to implement portability in Chile. “Number portability is a earning for all users andis one of the prioritized goals of the President Piñera for the telecommunications sector. Consumersshould be free to choose the company that provides them with better services and prices,” said Ministerof Transport and Telecommunications Pedro Pablo Errazuriz in Subtel’s press release.
Chile’s government believes that number portability is “the first step to end the abuses, lower prices, especially for prepaid and improve service quality competition.”
Cristián Cortés, board director of the number portability committee, which will study and award thecontract, said to BNamericas that each operator would be required to invest US$ 5 million to US$ 10million to set up the infrastructure.
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