KYIV. Aug 11 (Interfax-Ukraine) – SI Center soon will send a claim to court to sign an agreement with the Ukrainian State Center of Radio Frequencies (UCRF) to introduce the mobile number portability (MNP) service.

"UCRF gave consent to this step, as we want to receive the confirmation from court that UCRF and SI Center have the right to sign the agreement," the owner of SI Center, Dmytro Zarakhovych said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.

UCRF Executive Director Vadym Hulko said that the agreement was not signed in the 30-day term set in Ukrainian law that expired on June 25 due to hearing of claims from Dialink and T4B companies by court. The claims were dismissed, and UCRF believes that the claim of SI Center is fair.

"We are ready to execute the court decision if the court decides to satisfy the claim of SI Center," Hulko said.

He said that if the court makes a positive decision, the start of the introduction of the MNP service would be delayed for around one month.

Zarakhovych added that the company intends to finish the introduction of the service within two and a half months.

UCRF on January 25 chose Dialink LLC out of six bidders to buy software and equipment required to introduce the MNP service. SI Center was not allowed to the assessment phase of the tender, but filed the cheapest bid. Its partner Teletech successfully challenged the results of the tender in Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee.

UCRF decided not to challenge the committee and stuck to all its recommendations. SI Center was announced the winner of the tender on April 21.