In six years since the launch of the portability service in Romania, the number of phone numbers transferred from one network to another has increased
Thus, from October 2008 when this service was launched and until the beginning of October 2014, 1,565,031 numbers were ported, of which 1,122,559 are mobile phone numbers and 442,472 are fixed phone numbers. According to ANCOM data, 2014 is the year in which the most numbers were ported -357,606, which means that, on average per month, 39,734 numbers changed their network, but not the possessor. In July 2014, the most portings were carried out since the launch of this service - 55,544.
Of the total number of 1,565,031ports made up to October 1, 2014, 1,122,559 are mobile numbers - 72% of the total. Statistical data show that those most interested in keeping their phone number are users with a subscription (approximately 70% of the total), while only 30% of those who chose to change their service provider use prepaid cards.
Vodafone will continue to be the operator, with most of the numbers received on the network port
In the mobile telephony segment, Vodafone continues to be the operator with the most numbers received in the network through porting – 361,282 numbers, followed by Orange with 339,590 numbers, Telekom Romania with 305,219 numbers and RCS & RDS with 115,736 numbers.
In the case of fixed telephony, 35 providers have received the 442,472 ported numbers to date. Of these, most were ported to RCS & RDS – 122,285, UPC Romania – 107,951, Orange – 95,473, Vodafone – 76,778 and Telekom Romania – 18,015. The most requests for porting fixed numbers were registered in Bucharest and Ilfov County (134,951 numbers), the capital being followed by Cluj County with 28,873 ported numbers, Timiş (24,234), Prahova (21,815) and Galati (20,937). , which add up to over 50% of all ported landline numbers.
In the year of 2014, we recorded the highest monthly average of the numbers – 39.734 of the numbers month-on-month, and the month with most of the numbers from the to the present day – 55.544 of the numbers submitted in the month of July. For the past six years, the portability, the average number of postings has grown each and every year. As such, in Romania, there were 15,020 ported by the numbers month-on-month, in the year of 2009, the 18,435 in 2010, the 21,688 in 2011, the 21,324 in 2012, the 22,844 in 2013, and the 39.734 in the period from 1 January to 30 September 2014.
In the first nine months of this year, ANCOM, has received 127 complaints from the users about the console port, the main issues reported on certain failures encountered during the porting process, triggered by the lack of synchronization between the suppliers involved, or, for non-compliance with the time limits of the port. Some of the petitions were for the purpose of information, as it is at the stage of the process from switching initiated by the user.
Romanians who chose another operator but kept their phone number were more and more numerous year by year: if in 2008 there were 15,681 portings, in 2009 there were 180,239 portings, in 2010 their number was 221,219 , in 2011 it reached 260,256, in 2012 there were 255,893 portings, 274,137 numbers were ported in 2013 ( you can find here the situation from the end of last year), while in 2014 the increase was significant: 357,606 portings in the first nine months of the year.
Also this week, the Authority launched a framework document for public consultation on how to use numbering resources in the future, in line with technological evolution. The document subject to consultation also includes aspects related to the portability of numbers, including the possibility of porting geographic numbers between counties, and in the long term porting between fixed and mobile networks. Until November 21, those interested can send to the Authority their opinions regarding these possible changes in the telephone numbering regime.
The information published on the website of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications
