THE proposed Lifetime cellphone Number Act may soon be signed by President Rodrigo Duterte into law since the Bicameral Conference Committee tasked to reconcile the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill 1632 and House Bill 7652 agreed to submit for ratification by the Senate and the House of Representatives the reconciled version of the measure, which is to be known as the “Mobile Number Portability Act.”

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate economic affairs committee, and principal author of the Senate version said the basic premise behind a nationwide Mobile Number Portability system is to promote consumer welfare. He explained that it fosters the freedom to choose and to respond to quality, price and other relevant considerations without the consumers having to change their mobile numbers whenever they change mobile service providers or subscription plans.

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