Abstract: Mobile number portability (MNP) is considered an important condition for ensuring full competition in the electronic communications sector, a llowing mobile subscribers to change their service providers any time without altering their phone numbers . Mandated in the European Union since 2003, experience of MNP implementations across the EU member states has been largely successful. On the contrar y, introduction of MNP in the post - Soviet region has been rather slow, where Belarus and Georgia pioneered with implementation. After the collection of primary data among relevant stakeholder groups and the subsequent analysis thereof, the given paper prov ides k ey revealed findings and lessons learnt from MNP implementations in those two countries, as well as an overview of any impact the MNP service availability has had on the Georgian and Belarusian electronic communications markets.

• Publication Date: 03-Sep-2017
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-131-3-66
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Abstract: Small and medium construction enterprise (SMEs) has become the significant clout of sustained, instantaneous and braci ng growth of South Africa economy. Moreover, SMEs has performed an unparallel ed role in advancing the South Africa economic growth, and serve as a breeding ground for entrepreneurs and a pr ovider of solutions to address the problems of unemployment in all consuming labours and promoting marketing growth. An opportunity for the healthy advancement of small and medium - sized enter prises (SMEs) in South Africa was in relation to the transformati on and expansion policy due to the brisk evolution of the global economy. But with the global economic integration, the small and medium - sized enterprises operating environment is facing tremendous changes and more intense competition. The data was obtaine d using questionnaire survey. 179 small and medium contractors responded from conveniently sampled respondents in Gauteng province in South Africa. The data was analysed u

• Publication Date: 03-Sep-2017
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-131-3-67
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