The UAE’s Telecom Regulatory Authority has said that the mobile number portability will become active before the end of the year. The facility will enable subscribers of one providers to switch to another provider without changing the number. Mohamed Nasser Al Ghanim, TRA Director General speaking during a press briefing at Gitex this morning said the facility should be up and running by December 2010. “We have been working on it for almost an year now. The system has been put in place and it should be operational before the end of 2010,” he said. The facility was originally scheduled to be operational by the beginning of 2010. It was reported earlier that the facility will only be applicable for those mobile subscribers who have been with the service providers for a year.