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More Than 200,000 Numbers Ported
Data: 1/12/2010
14 months after the launch of number portability in Romania, 201,104 telephone numbers have been ported. 66% (132,644) of these were mobile telephone numbers, whereas 34% (68,460) were fixed telephone numbers.
In the mobile telephony field, the order of the operators, by numbers ported into their own networks, remained unchanged (as of 21 October 2009): Cosmote – 47,283, Vodafone – 44,279, Orange – 38,763, RCS&RDS – 1,699 and Telemobil – 620. Since the last reporting term, most numbers (10,609) have been ported into Orange’s network, followed by Cosmote (+ 9,259), Vodafone (+ 6,626), RCS&RDS (+ 320) and Telemobil (+ 85).
The 68,460 fixed telephone numbers were ported into the networks of 27 fixed telephone providers: UPC – 29,328, RCS&RDS – 12,651, Vodafone – 10,345, Orange – 7,664, Romtelecom – 5,755, Dial Telecom – 810, New Com Telecomunicatii – 574, GTS Telecom – 460, Digital Cable System – 188, Euroweb – 154, Ines Group – 134, Telemobil – 82, Cobalt IT- 69, Intersat – 49, Media Sat – 48, Atlas Telecom – 26, Datek Telecom and Telcor Communications 21 (each), Digicom Systems and Prime Telecom 17 (each), World Telecom Network – 11, Iristel and Necc Telecom Romania – 10 (each), Air Bites – 6, Canal S – 5, Cosmote – 3 and A&G Communication – 2.The statistical data show that the mobile telephony users with a monthly subscription ported their numbers more frequently than the prepaid card users. Thus, out of the total number of mobile telephony users who ported their numbers, 75% had subscriptions and only 25% were prepaid card users.
Compared to the last reporting period, UPC has managed to attract more clients – 6,746 new ported numbers, compared to Orange, which registered 3,007 new clients, RCS&RDS – 2,692, Romtelecom – 2,570 or Vodafone – 1,498. Two new providers have performed the first porting processes into their networks: Intersat and Digicom Systems.
December 2009 was the month of the largest number of fixed telephone numbers ported since the launch of the service – 7,094. As for mobile telephony, more than 10,500 numbers were ported in December 2009; June 2009, however, holds the record as regards the number of porting processes: more than 13,400 of mobile telephone users switched operators while keeping their telephone number.
Most fixed telephone numbers were ported in Bucharest (19,189), followed by the counties of Cluj (5,245), Prahova (4,108) and Timis (3,259).
Number portability enables the telephony users to keep their telephone numbers when they change their provider. Fixed, mobile and Premium Rate numbers (i.e. in the 0800 or 0900 range) may be ported. The porting is only possible within the same category (fixed-fixed, mobile-mobile). The service has been available in Romania since 21 October 2008.
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Do you wish to port your number? Here are 10 tips you must know:1. Find out about all the providers’ offers and choose the one that suits your best.2. Carefully read your contract with the current provider, looking for termination clauses or for special interruption provisions.3. If you use a prepaid card, the remaining credit cannot be transferred.4. Fill in the standard porting request, which is available either here, or at one of the acceptor provider’s offices.5. Fill in the porting request carefully. If you do not provide full and accurate details, the system will reject it.6. S...
1. Can I port my telephone number within the same network?
No. Portability enables you precisely to change the network, while sticking to your telephone number. Portability allows a number to “leave” the initial network and to be used by the same user in another network.
If you do not wish to change the network, but change the contractual clauses, you need to discuss it with your service provider and negotiate the terms that suit you best.
2. If I change the network, do I keep the current “prefix” of my telephone number?
When ported, the 10-digit telephone number remains unc...
The launch of number portability has made network identification based on the number format impossible. Therefore, to avoid situations in which the users could unawares pay a different tariff than the one they know, each call to a number that used to be in the origination network of that call, but was subsequently ported, is preceded by a beep sound.
This beep sound allows the caller to end the call, find to which network the number has been ported and whether the tariff of a call to that number is different from the known one.
Some users are not aware of this sound signal that mak...
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