Number Portability - Kuwait

We will be able to use this in about six months, if the newspaper reports are to be believed.

Number Portability simply means - Suppose you have a Wataniya/Zain sim card and Viva has come out with a better offer/package which you want to try out.

You will now be able to simply switch over to the Viva package while keeping your same mobile number. No need to cancel the old sim and then get a new number and then send texts to all your contacts informing them of your new mobile number.

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Subscribers will have the privilege of keeping their own mobile numbers when switching from one company to another without having to change their lines. "The only change is that bills and other transactions will have to be coordinated with the company they switch to," the sources said.

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