The number portability service was used by 5,62 thousand subscribers in the first half of this year, mostly in mobile telephony, the Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (EKIP) announced.
EKIP told the Mina-business agency that 235 numbers were ported to the fixed network in the first six months, and 5,38 thousand numbers to the mobile network.
"In fixed telephony, the most calls came from M:tel, 201 numbers, Telemach 21, One Crna Gora seven and Crnogorski Telekom six numbers," said EKIP.
The largest number of users left the fixed network of Crnogorski Telekom, 220, ten from Telemach, and five from M:tel.
In the first six months, out of a total of 5,38 thousand numbers, the most were ported to M:tel, 2,23 thousand, followed by Crnogorski Telekom, 1,62 thousand, while 1,53 thousand numbers were ported to One.
"The most users switched from the One mobile network - 2,45 thousand, followed by Crnogorski Telekom - 1,54 thousand, and the least from M:tel - 1,4 thousand numbers," EKIP specified.
The telephone number portability service has been provided since December 1, 2011, and by June 30 this year, a total of 110,87 thousand numbers had been ported, of which 18,18 thousand in fixed and 92,69 thousand in mobile networks.
"The most numbers were ported to the M:tel fixed network - 11,27 thousand, followed by Telemach - 4,2 thousand, One - 2,3 thousand, Crnogorski Telekom - 401, and Orion - three numbers," EKIP added.
The largest number of numbers left the fixed network of Crnogorski Telekom - 17,2 thousand, followed by M:tel - 506, Telemach - 434, and One - 34.
In mobile networks, out of 92,69 thousand ported numbers, the most were ported to M:tel, 46,22 thousand, followed by Crnogorski Telekom, 27,83 thousand, while a total of 18,64 thousand numbers were ported to the One network.
The most users left One, 46,69 thousand, followed by Crnogorski Telekom, 30,24 thousand, and the least, M:tel, 15,76 thousand.
Number portability is a service that allows each subscriber to keep their phone number when changing operators.
The number can be transferred from a landline to a landline, or from a mobile to a mobile network.
The total time for transferring the number is three working days. A subscriber who wants to transfer a telephone number submits a request for number transfer to the operator of the recipient of the number and this is considered a request to terminate the contract with the operator providing the number.
The subscriber can port his number again after three months from the last porting. If the request to transfer the number is rejected, the subscriber can submit a complaint to EKIP.
"EKIP had no such cases related to number portability during the first six months of this year," EKIP concluded.
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