Neotel ports Telkom numbers

South Africa’s second national network operator, Neotel, which is still executing tests to check routing and billing, has announced that it has successfully ported its first block of numbers from Telkom.

This is a major step toward finally giving South African corporate customers a choice of operators.

According to Stefano Mattiello, executive head of Enterprise Group at Neotel, the process of porting is completely seamless, therefore making it easier for the customer.

“During the porting process, the numbers will be advertised on both the Telkom Neotel networks for a period of 48 hours to allow for a smooth transition and ensure that calls continue to be routed without interruption.” he added.

Pointing out that they had been working closely with Telkom to put the necessary systems in place for geographic number portability, Mattiello concluded by saying that the next generation network deployed by Neotel has inherent number portability capabilities, meaning that there would be no need to deploy additional technologies.