Editing Telecommunications in Russia (section)

===Number portability===
[[Mobile number portability]] officially became available in Russia on December 1, 2013. An appropriate legislation signed into law by President Vladimir Putin a year earlier, on December 26, 2012. Operators have repeatedly stated that the time allotted is not enough to run services.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.comnews.ru/node/79562|title =Абоненты начали голосовать ногами| work =comnews.ru| accessdate = 16 December 2013}}</ref> Within 12 days since the law came into force, 9090 subscribers filed applications to move to another operator, of which only 57 had been satisfied.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.comnews.ru/node/79762|title =MNP разменяла первые десять тысяч| work =comnews.ru| accessdate = 14 December 2013}}</ref>