Corporate Porting has been a project on the Dutch market for about five years, but will now continue as an independent company as demand increases for its services. The company was founded by Vincent Everts, Ronald van Woensel and Remco Bron. Corporate Porting says it helps companies move large groups of mobile subscribers to another mobile provider, in a cost-effective fashion. With Corporate Porting’s xPort service, a web and SMS-based mobile porting solution, companies can porting themselves. Corporate Porting has a customer list which includes Vodafone Netherlands, IBM, Philips, ASML and the Dutch government. “We have been supplying our Corporate Porting service to KPN and Vodafone for years,” CEO Vincent Everts explained. “But given the success of our service, we have now decided to also fix our sights on the international market, particularly in Europe,” Everts said.
Switching
Corporate Porting began five years ago with system integrator IBM, which wanted to switch to KPN from Telfort. When IBM decided to later switch to Vodafone, it again called on Corporate Porting to help. According to Everett, the simplicity of the service was the deciding factor. “Previously, number porting was a real hassle. Companies were only slightly aware of their telecom inventory, and things didn’t always run smoothly between operators. Now, we send an inactive Sim card to a company employee. The employee then logs in to his or her mobile or PC, and then can easily arrange porting. We always text the employee one day before the process is set to start, in order to keep them informed. It is a form of self-service,” Everett said. Corporate Porting said it has already switched one million Sim cards. Costs are transparent: from EUR 150 to EUR 3.50 per ported Sim. The more Sim cards are ported, the lower the cost.
Looking abroad
Corporate Porting wants to take its domestic success and look beyond its borders. The company has sixty operators in sight and has already inked agreements with Vodafone International.
Source: TelecomPaper.com
