Desktop study of the effects of mobile number portability on mobile operators in Georgia and Belarus

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Abstract

This article presents findings of the desktop research on the impact of MNP on mobile operators in Georgia and Belarus, which were the first among former Soviet republics to introduce the service. It examines the behaviour of a set of available company-level indicators during timeframes before and after the MNP launch and was part of a larger research project on MNP effects in the two mentioned countries.

Keywords: mobile number portability, Georgia, Belarus, mobile operators, telecommunications, market competition.

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