TELCO subscribers may start applying for mobile number portability in January, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) announced on Wednesday.

According to Acting Information Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr., mobile-service providers have asked the government for a six-month adjustment period to create the platform and software needed to allow their subscribers to keep their numbers permanently.

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