UAE to introduce MNP by March

TRA, the UAE’s telecom regulator is reported to have confirmed that the country’s two mobile networks will launch mobile number portability (MNP) by the end of March.

"The market can’t take a third operator," the TRA’s director general, Mohamed Al Ghanim is quoted as saying in response to whether the introduction of MNP in the UAE was a precursor to the licensing of a third player. "[MNP] will stimulate competition between the two operators because operators will try to hold onto their customers," Al Ghanim is quoted as adding.