Legal Analysis of Mobile Number Portability in Iran, in the Light of Comparative Studies

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1 Facutly Member of ICT Research Institute (Iran Telecommunication Research Center), Tehran, Iran

2 Master of Telecommunications Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The development of technologies associated to mobile phone, and, also increase of customers’ demands to take advantage from the foresaid technologies have led to new technologies on mobile phone. One of the most considerable technologies is to transfer the mobile operator, without any number portability. This issue is known significant; because there are some customers who cannot exchange their SIM card because of number importance, although they may not be satisfied of their operator. Since to achieve more economic profits and, growth of competition in telecommunication markets are known as goals of said prerogative, the economic aspects have influenced, so notably, on regulation and legal requirements of the technology. Hence, regarding to the significance of the legal aspects of the event, to which it’s been referred, in this article the legal aspects of technology are being analyzed. Both legal frameworks identified mandatory by the regulatory authority and considering regulation methods on the technology are analyzed in this article. Moreover, since this issue is known young in Iran, the legal aspects of the technology in Iran have been studied.

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Journal of Legal Research
Volume 18, Issue 38
September 2019
Pages 159-176

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