Yesterday, in the government work report, the "number carrying network transfer" put forward the idea of "implementing & lsquo; in the whole country; Carry number to network & rsquo, By the end of the year, mobile phone users may be able to transfer their numbers to the Internet freely. Number carrying to network means that the telecom operator used can be changed without changing the mobile phone number. For example, China Mobile used to be used before, and now China Unicom or telecom can be changed without changing the mobile phone number, which brings great convenience to the majority of users. So what are the benefits of 'number carrying to network' for the majority of users? Is it that everyone can 'carry the number to the network'? The small series of this article brings you specific information about number carrying to network. Let's have a look, which is closely related to everyone.
After 9 years, it has carried out two batches of pilot projects
Carry number to network, also known as number portability, no change of number when moving. For example, mobile phone users with China mobile number can transfer to China telecom network or China Unicom without mobile phone number and enjoy the telecom operation services provided by China Telecom or China Unicom.
The number carrying network transfer can be traced back to November 2010, when the pilot work of number carrying network transfer was carried out in Tianjin and Hainan. In September 2014, the second batch, namely Jiangxi, Hubei and Yunnan, also began to implement the number carrying network transfer pilot.
On December 1, 2018, the pilot cities of number carrying network transfer launched a new acceptance process. Compared with the old process, under the new process, users can query their qualifications by SMS first, and can carry them to the new operator within 1 hour after handling the transfer business, which shortens the effective time of network transfer.
According to the data released by China ICT research institute, as of the end of December 2018, there had been 1.67 million number carrying transfer users, including 630000 new users in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 62%.
Are there any technical difficulties?
The number carrying network transfer started from the pilot and took nine years to be implemented nationwide. What is the difficulty of such a 'difficult birth'?
In March 2018, Luo Wen, then Vice Minister of the Ministry of industry and information technology and now deputy director of the national development and Reform Commission, publicly said that it was not as easy and simple as everyone thought. Many problems were found in the pilot process, one of which was related to the settlement between operators and the technical feeling.
Xiang Ligang, an expert in the communication industry, once told chinanews.com that the transfer of numbers to the network requires high construction and maintenance costs, because each operator in each province has to transform the user management system and billing system, which is very expensive.
'implement & lsquo; throughout the country; Carry number to network & rsquo. According to Fu Liang, an expert in the telecommunications industry, this means that after the experimental stage, the code number management platform entrusted by the Ministry of industry and information technology to China ICT research institute has solved the previous technical problems of number carrying network transfer and optimized the network transfer process, which is ready for full implementation nationwide.
What benefits will users have?
Fortunately, difficulties will be overcome. Now the number carrying transfer network across the country is finally going to land. Miao Wei said, "meet the needs of consumers."
It is understood that many consumers have the need to transfer their numbers to the Internet. " The mobile phone number has been used for many years and has been bound with many bank and network application accounts. Changing the number will undoubtedly be very troublesome. It's best to transfer numbers to the Internet. " Some users said in an interview with zhongxin.com.
In addition, at present, the packages of operators emerge one after another, belonging to different telecom operators. If users want to change an affordable and suitable package, they can carry the number to the network without being limited by the operators.
In an interview with chinanews.com, Fu Liang said that after the national implementation of number carrying network transfer, it will promote the adjustment of unreasonable charges of operators. By carrying the number to the network, users have more choices, which is conducive to promoting operators to reduce the tariff of in-service packages and improve the service experience of existing users.
Industry analysts generally believe that after the full liberalization of number carrying network transfer, the competition among the three operators will be more intense. In order to retain users, a series of preferential measures may be launched to benefit the majority of users.
Can everyone carry the number to the Internet?
However, it should be noted that even if the number carrying network transfer is carried out nationwide, not everyone is necessarily qualified.
In December 2018, China ICT research institute quoted the relevant person in charge of China Mobile Hubei company as saying that customers should check whether their numbers have handled contracts, whether preferential activities have expired, or whether there are other restrictions before carrying their numbers to the Internet.
'if you confirm that your number can be handled, you will receive the verification code randomly sent by SMS. Get & lsquo; Pass & rsquo; After carrying the authorization code of the function, the user still needs to go to the business hall designated by the carrying party to complete the business processing. "
However, in the view of some people in the industry, the handling process and requirements of number carrying network transfer business may also be further optimized in the future.
China News Network reporter found that at present, many users are still 'ineligible' to carry the number to transfer to the network. For example, 188 / 157 section and virtual operator section can not handle the number to transfer business.
According to incomplete statistics, users who buy contract machines, handle contract packages that have not expired, family package users, broadband bound numbers, campus card users, and users who do not unbind volte services are not allowed to handle number carrying network transfer.
Fu Liang believes that some users participated in some activities and signed relevant contracts without their knowledge. For example, they can't transfer to the network during the call delivery fee. " According to this contract, operators have reason to prevent users from carrying numbers to the network. "
In November 2014, the measures for the administration of mobile phone user number carrying test issued by the Ministry of industry and information technology stipulated that if the user carries the number to the network and the applicant signs an agreement with the carrier that has an agreed time limit on the network, the applicant shall lift the agreed time limit on the network with the carrier in advance.
In addition, the mobile phone 'beautiful number' holder may not carry the number to the network. Fu Liang said that according to the provisions of relevant state departments, unreasonable agreement terms should be limited and the scope of 'beautiful numbers' should be controlled.
What is the industry impact?
As we all know, among the three major operators, China Mobile has the most users. According to the data, by the end of January 2019, China Mobile had 927 million users, China Telecom had 307 million users and China Unicom had 318 million users. Will a large number of China mobile users switch to China Unicom and China Telecom after the national liberalization of number carrying network transfer?
Fu Liang said that this situation is difficult to occur, and it is difficult to change the market pattern when the number carrying network is transferred across the country. "China Mobile is bound to take positive countermeasures, but it will have a great impact on China Mobile's profit growth."