Peru Cell Phone Users To Have Number Portability From 2010
October 05 2009 - 3:48PM
Dow Jones News
Peruvians who change cellular telephone companies will be able
to keep their telephone numbers from January 2010.
Peru's Ministry of Transportation and Communications said Monday
that the "portability" will allow cellular telephone users to
change operators as many times as they wish to at no cost.
The Ministry said with the change, telephone companies are
expected to offer lower tariffs and improved services.
The government says there are 22 million cellular phone users in
the Andean nation.
Peru's cellular telephone market is dominated by two operators:
Telefonica Moviles SAC, a unit of Spain's Telefonica SA, (TEF) and
by Claro, owned by Mexican wireless communications provider America
Movil SA (AMX).
-By Robert Kozak, Dow Jones Newswires; 511-99927 7269;
peru@dowjones.com