Number porting will be affordable

[Peter7]

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2006/0606291051.asp?S=Cellular&A=CEL&O=FPLEAD

Though the cost of migrating between networks is yet to be established, two senior analysts have predicted the cost will be affordable, perhaps even waived.

This is in contrast with several industry observers' comments a few weeks ago that cellular operators could inflate the costs of number porting to discourage people migrating to other networks. This, it was reported, is the practise in several European countries.

“It would have to be less than R500 to make any market sense at all,” says telecoms analyst at BMI-TechKnowledge, Richard Hurst.

Edit: R500 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Less than a R100 is probably more reasonable (I think it should be waived altogether like the one analyst mentioned). Most prepaid users won't be able to switch with costs like that.