The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) announced on Thursday, 8 October 2015 that telecom users are now able to change mobile operators in only 48 hours. The process, which is free of charge, used to take 7 to 10 days. Switching fixed telephone service providers takes five days. Resolution 015-15 by the Indotel board of directors confirms the lower portability time. The decision applies to users of telecom services provided by Claro, Orange, Tricom, Trilogy Dominicana, Onemax, Skymax and Wind Telecom.