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Cabinet Notes:<\/strong> Three expert consultants, recruited by the Ministry responsible for Technology, to advise the Cabinet of the steps to be taken in order to bring about \u201cnumber portability\u201d in Antigua and Barbuda, joined the Cabinet by Zoom for about 30 minutes.<\/p>

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The experts advised on the approximate cost which the 3 firms in the Antigua and Barbuda telecommunications market would likely be required to expend, in order to make the technology workable.<\/p>

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The Caymans, with a population of 60,000 has achieved number portability; so too can Antigua and Barbuda, they surmised.<\/p>\n

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The consultants also advised on the manner in which the existing law would have to be amended, in order to level the playing field; a regulatory body would have to be created, for example, separate and apart from the current arrangement.<\/p>\n

The testing of the system could be ready in 4 months, and the entire operational system could be implemented by year end 2021, or by an outside date of June 2022.<\/p>

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Number portability allows a cellphone customer to switch to any of the three carriers operating in Antigua and Barbuda, without having to change his\/her cell number issued by the original carrier.<\/p>\n

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