{"id":5090,"date":"2011-06-02T15:20:21","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T15:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/06\/02\/mobile-number-portability-in-south-asia-by-tahani\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T15:20:21","slug":"mobile-number-portability-in-south-asia-by-tahani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/06\/02\/mobile-number-portability-in-south-asia-by-tahani\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Number Portability in South Asia by Tahani Iqbal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile Number Portability in South Asia by Tahani Iqbal<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Mobile Number portability (MNP), a feature present in most developed telecom markets around the\u00a0world, is now making its way into the developing telecom markets of South Asia. Unlike the conditions\u00a0that exist in the mature environments of the western world, however, market structures, pricing\u00a0mechanisms and even customer phone use behaviours are vastly different in the emerging South\u00a0Asian markets. As such, the preconditions necessary for the success of this service and its potential\u00a0implications will be largely different in this region”<\/p>\n

Maldives: “The small island-nation considered introducing the facility and conducted a feasibility study in October 2007, but gave up on the idea\u00a0because the excessive financial costs outweighed the expected benefits (Galpaya, 2008).”
“Given the limited size of the population alone, the regulatory agency, Telecom Authority of Maldives (TAM),\u00a0made a good decision by withdrawing the plans to implement the facility”<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mobile Number Portability in South Asia by Tahani Iqbal “Mobile Number portability (MNP), a feature present in most developed telecom markets around the\u00a0world, is now making its way into the developing telecom markets of South Asia. Unlike the conditions\u00a0that exist in the mature environments of the western world, however, market structures, pricing\u00a0mechanisms and even customer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1k6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":630,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/08\/26\/hate-speech-in-south-asia-country-perspectives\/","url_meta":{"origin":5090,"position":0},"title":"Hate Speech in South Asia: Country Perspectives | Internet Democracy Project","author":"monochromist","date":"August 26, 2013","format":"link","excerpt":"Hate Speech in South Asia: Country Perspectives | Internet Democracy Project\u2018If we are going to look at the content produced on the Internet from any geographical location, [we must remember that] it is a reflection of what is happening offline there.\u2019 \u2013 Mariyath Mohamed","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5216,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/07\/expired-telecom-policy-2006-2010-dhivehi\/","url_meta":{"origin":5090,"position":1},"title":"[EXPIRED] Telecom Policy 2006- 2010 (dhivehi version)","author":"monochromist","date":"March 7, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"[EXPIRED] Telecom Policy 2006- 2010 (dhivehi version)","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5217,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/07\/expired-telecom-policy-2006-2010-english\/","url_meta":{"origin":5090,"position":2},"title":"[EXPIRED] Telecom Policy 2006- 2010 (english version)","author":"monochromist","date":"March 7, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"[EXPIRED] Telecom Policy 2006- 2010 (english version)","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5160,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/26\/atleast-maumoon-had-a-telecom-policy-anneh\/","url_meta":{"origin":5090,"position":3},"title":"atleast maumoon had a telecom\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"March 26, 2011","format":"quote","excerpt":"atleast maumoon had a telecom policy! anneh dhivehi raajje is busy jacking off to webcams Twitter \/ @monochromist: atleast maumoon had a tele \u2026","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5139,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/29\/maldives-telecommunication-policy-2006-2010-telecom\/","url_meta":{"origin":5090,"position":4},"title":"Maldives+Telecommunication+Policy+2006+2010+Telecommunications:","author":"monochromist","date":"March 29, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"Maldives+Telecommunication+Policy+2006+2010+Telecommunications:","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5244,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/06\/connecting-the-maldives-through-the-internet\/","url_meta":{"origin":5090,"position":5},"title":"Connecting the Maldives through the internet [working draft]","author":"monochromist","date":"March 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2008, MDP\u2019s government came to power pledging to improve the quality of Maldivian life, centered on connecting the scattered geography of Maldives, with a transportation network. 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