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Argentina to launch number portability system in March

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Argentina will launch the mobile number portability system in March this year. Mobile operator Personal has already launched an informative campaign on its website instructing users how to use the new service. Argentina approved the introduction of the number portability system in August 2010, but the system launch has been delayed until now.

The number portability service will be available for individual and business customers across Argentina, using either postpaid or prepay mobile services. Customers will be able to port their number free of charge for the first time. Further number portings will be charged, Infobae reports. Customers who port their number will be required to remain in the recipient operator’s network for a minimum of 60 days.

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Chile launches mobile number portability system

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Chile has launched the mobile number portability system. The Chilean government introduced the portability system for fixed-line numbers in December 2011. Mobile customers across Chile can now also demand providers to supply unblocked mobile phones that can be used on any network.

Consumers can ask their operator to unblock their handset or ask their new provider to do so at no charge.

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Telecom Argentina net profit up 30% for FY2010

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 Telecom Argentina reported revenues of ARS 14.67 billion in 2010, up 20 percent year-on-year. Net income for the period reached ARS 1.82 billion, up by 30 percent versus 2009. Mobile revenues rose 24 percent to ARS 10.03 billion, while fixed-line revenues increased 12 percent to ARS 4.6 billion.

The operator’s mobile unit Personal gained 1.85 million new customers in the year, for a total of 16.3 million at the end of December. Of the total 70 percent are prepaid and 30 percent are postpaid.

Nucleo, the company’s mobile unit in Paraguay, had 1.87 million customers at the end of the period, up 4 percent from a year earlier. The fixed division increased the number of lines in service by 1 percent from a year earlier to 4.10 million, and the number of ADSL customers rose 14 percent year-on-year to 1.38 million users at end-December. ARPU for fixed customers climbed 5 percent in 2010 to ARS 43.

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