Nawras completes three years of successful mobile number portability in Oman

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Nawras is celebrating the third anniversary of the successful introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) in the Sultanate.

This service has enabled thousands of new customers to move to Nawras from the other operator while keeping their existing number.

To date the fastest growing family in Oman has welcomed almost nine out of ten porting customers who have chosen to change operator and join the Nawras family so they can enjoy great value, pleasingly different service and excellent quality.

Nawras makes it easy for customers to move as many tens of thousands have already discovered. MNP expanded customer choice and put the Sultanate ahead of almost all other countries in the region.
The service is an important element in a free mobile telecommunications market focused on fair competition.

The Sultanate’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has since been recognised for taking on a pioneering role in overseeing its successful introduction.

Number portability started in the Sultanate on 26th August 2006 and quickly gained high visibility thanks to the participation of Oman’s popular, international goalkeeper, Ali Al Habsi who became Nawras MNP Ambassador.

Al Habsi appeared in the extensive advertising campaign which helped to generate widespread awareness of the service.

Postpaid customers wishing to move to Nawras with MNP can do so easily by simply settling their final account with their old mobile services provider before visiting any one of the 20 Nawras Stores or selected Nawras dealers countrywide within the following 24-hour period to begin the short process. Prepaid customers can go directly to a Nawras Store or dealer for help.

MNP customers can use their new Nawras SIM-card with a temporary Nawras number as soon as it is activated which takes a couple of hours at the most. A further two or three days and the temporary number will be replaced by the customer’s original mobile number as they enjoy the pleasingly different mobile experience that is serving over 1.6 million people in the Sultanate.

Recently awarded Middle East Call Centre of the Year 2009, Nawras, a Qtel Group company, has also previously been named Best Telecom Brand Oman and Middle East Mobile Operator of the Year.