Jamaican cell phone users to get number portability – Technology Minister

By Kendol Morgan Last updated Feb 28, 2015

Jamaica - Paulwell number portability — Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (right), addresses the opening of an Internet Café and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Farm Primary and Junior High School in Green Pond, St. James on Wednesday (February 25). Listening (l-r) are: Member of Parliament for Central St. James, Lloyd B. Smith; Chairman of the school board, Rev. Lorane Chisholm; and Winsome Leach-Thelwell, who chaired the function.

Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government will deliver on its promise that cellular phone users will have number portability by the end of May this year.

Number portability will allow cellular phone users to carry their numbers across ports when they switch their service providers.

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