On February 19, 2019, Malacañang announced the
enactment into law of the bill which establishes the option of mobile number
portability for all mobile phone subscribers in the country.
Cong. Lord Allan Velasco, as one of the original authors of
the measure through House Bill No. 5195, welcomed the President’s approval of
the bill. Under this new legislation, cellphone users in the country can
readily and conveniently switch to a different telecom service provider and
still retain their original phone numbers.
“This new porting process will ensure that cellphone
subscribers in the Philippines will be less vulnerable to fraudulent schemes
and that the risk of identity theft among them will be reduced. Furthermore, we
can expect that telecom service providers will improve their perks and
privileges since cellphone users can easily and effectively switch to a
different provider if they are not satisfied with their previous one,” Cong.
Velasco said.
 |
| Cong Velasco's introduction of House Bill No. 5195 |
