August 02, 2011

68 000 Subscribers Made Use of Porting Service

 

68 000 subscribers of mobile networks have made use of number porting service. 62 000 subscribers out of this already use another mobile network operator service.

Ported numbers statistics is following: as from the date of number portability implementation Geocell is the leader according to the quantity of ported numbers. For now, namely for August 2, 2011, 18 200 subscribers of Geocell have ported their numbers to other mobile networks and 30 500 subscribers have ported their numbers to Geocell from other competitor companies.

Mobitel Ltd i.e. Beeline is on the second place, which has drawn 13 900 subscribers from other companies networks and 11 700 subscribers of Beeline have ported their numbers to other mobile companies.

As for Magticom Ltd, the company has drawn 18 300 subscribers to its network and 31 800 subscribers have ported their numbers from Magticom to other companies.

The Georgian National Communications Commission explains that success of implementation of number portability technology is measured not by the quantity of ported numbers but by supporting the development of keen competition between the mobile operators. Promoting the competition, on its side, will be reflected directly on the tariff policy of the operators. All this is done for the welfare of consumers, what is the main purpose of the Georgian National Communications Commission.

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