New postponement for the implementation of the phone number portability. Initially planned for January of this year https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-12045-haiti-news-some-news-here-and-there.html the portability had been postponed to November 1 and is again postponed.

According to Jean-Marie Guillaume, Director of the National Telecommunications Council (CONATEL), which is not able to set a new date, explained that these successive postponements would be related to the problem of the exchange rate of the gourde, which affects investments in US dollars of the various telephone operators; the purchase of every US dollar has become prohibitive... https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15946-haiti-economy-the-decline-of-the-gourde-continues.html

Recall that during the announcement of the postponement to November 2015, Jean-Marie Guillaume had justified the delay at the time, by the deadlines of suppliers of operators for the delivery of some equipment, installation time of the platform and the development of technical and administrative procedures... https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12886-haiti-notice-mobile-number-portability-postponed.html

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-12045-haiti-news-some-news-here-and-there.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-7520-haiti-social-2-major-projects-of-conatel-for-2013.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-9048-haiti-news-some-news-here-and-there.html

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