# MNP Subscriber

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Descriptions

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is the ability for a mobile subscriber to change the GSM subscription network within a portability domain whilst retaining his original MSISDN. The Number Portability Database stores mobile subscriber information in the local switch. The subscriber information includes the MSISDN, routing number, subscriber status, donor and recipient network information.

Implementation

| Create a MNP Subscriber

1.Click the Account main menu.

2.Select MNP under the Subscriber submenu.

3.Click at the upper-right corner.

4.Fill in the parameter details for this subscriber.

5.Click at the top of the parameter table to create this subscriber in MNP database.

No. | Parameter | Explanation
0 | MSISDN | Enter the MSISDN of the new subscriber
1 | Routing Number | 1 to 8 digits routing number.
2 | Status | Subscriber status: •Own ported out = The donor network is local network. •Foreign ported in = The recipient network is local network. •Foreign ported to the third = Neither donor nor recipient network are local network.
3 | Donor | The number of the donor network.
4 | Recipient | The number of the recipient network.
5 | Date | Ported date, the format is yyyymmdd.

| Modify a MNP Subscriber

1.Click the Account main menu.

2.Select MNP under the Subscriber submenu.

3.Click the MSISDN of the subscriber want to edit, this displays the editable parameter window.

4.Under the Value heading, modify the values of the subscriber parameters as required.

5.Click the button at the top of the parameter table to upload the new values to MNP databases.

6.Click the button at the top of the parameter table to update values from MNP database.

7.Verify that the new values have been saved for the subscriber.

| Delete a MNP Subscriber

1.Click the Account main menu. 2.Select MNP under the Subscriber submenu. 3.Click the MSISDN of the subscriber want to delete, this displays the subscriber parameter window. 4.Click the button at the top of the parameter table to delete this subscriber from MNP databases. 5.Click to upload MNP subscribers from MNP database to EMS. 6.Verify the subscriber has been deleted from the database.

| Export MNP Subscribers

1.Click the Account main menu.

2.Select MNP under the Subscriber submenu.

3.Click to upload MNP subscribers from MNP to EMS database.

1.Click the Maintenance main menu.

2.Select Account Data under the Backup&Restore submenu.

3.In the right Account Data window, click Download following MNPSubscriber to download subscriber file.

4.In the windows pop-up window, click the Save button.

5.Select a location on the local PC to save the csv file and click the Save button.

6.Find and verify the downloaded file on the local PC.

| Import MNP Subscribers

1. Create a MNP Subscriber with the required initialization parameters according to the previous section, click instead of at the last step.

2. Export MNP Subscribers according to the previous section.

3.Open the downloaded csv file by a text editor (UltraEdit is recommended).

4.Find the line of the new created subscriber in the file, replicate it to a new file.

5.Replicate this line to reach the numbers of subscribers want to import, a maximum of 5000 lines (subscribers) in a single file.

6.Find the MSISDN columns, modify all of them as required, save the file in a local directory.

1.Click the Account main menu, select MNP under the Subscriber submenu.

2.Click at the upper-right corner, select the saved file in the local directory, click to upload the subscribers to the MNP databases.

3.Click to upload MNP subscribers from the MNP to EMS database.

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