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More than 440,000 numbers ported in the first half of 2016

12.07.2016
 
Between the launch of number portability and the end of H1 2016, 3,057,298 telephone numbers switched operators while keeping their user, 440,748 numbers being ported in the first half of this year. In the first six months of 2016, the average number of porting processes exceeded 73,000, above last year’s similar level (70,000).
 
Mobile telephony
80% of the total amount of numbers ported so far (2,442,911) are mobile telephony numbers.  RCS & RDS was chosen by most of the users willing to port their numbers, thus gaining 759,373 users. RCS & RDS was followed by Vodafone, with 635,256 numbers accepted on their network, Orange – 585,692 numbers, Telekom Romania Mobile Communications – 428,509 and Telekom Romania Communications, with 33,281 mobile telephony numbers ported onto their network.
In the first half of 2016, 415,377 mobile telephony numbers were ported, almost half of which (197,382) onto RCS & RDS’s network, whereas Orange attracted 88,501 ported numbers, followed by Vodafone – 83,336 numbers -, Telekom Romania Mobile Communications – 33,600 – and Telekom Romania Communications – 12,538 ported numbers. Further details on the evolution of the amount of ported numbers acquired by the providers of mobile telephony services are available on www.portabilitate.ro. 
 
Fixed telephony
Concerning fixed telephony numbers, 25 providers accepted the 614,387 numbers ported from the launch of number portability until 30 June 2016. Among these, most of the numbers were ported to RCS & RDS – 164,821, Vodafone – 148,163, UPC România – 130,534, Orange – 114,828 and Telekom Romania Communications – 24,326. Depending on the residence area, most fixed telephony numbers were ported in Bucuresti – 185,560, followed by the county of Cluj – 35,684 ported numbers, county of Timis – 30,103, Prahova – 28,387 and Galati – 24,306.
 
In the first six months of 2016, 25,371 fixed number porting requests were completed. 10,516 of these were ported onto RCS & RDS’s network, 6,368 to that of UPC România, Vodafone acquired 3,018 numbers, Orange – 2,857 and Telekom Romania Communications – 1,537. Further details on the monthly evolution of the amount of ported numbers acquired by the main providers of fixed telephony services are available on www.portabilitate.ro.
 
About number portability
Number portability gives full freedom of choice to telephony users as it enables them to keep their telephone number, while switching providers.
ANCOM makes available to the users the website www.portabilitate.ro, where they can find the network of any telephone number used in Romania, either ported or not. The website offers details on the steps to be taken in order to port a telephone number, answers to frequently asked questions in case of porting a number, as well as advice for preventing possible problems in the porting process. Advice is provided based on the factual situations encountered by the users and presented to the Authority.

 

Users who want to be sure they are making the best-informed choice when they decide to change their provider may visit www.veritel.ro, the offer comparison tool administered by the Romanian regulatory authority, which enables them to compare all the offers of the telephony and internet operators available in the market.Â