In New Delhi: Vodafone gets the maximum number of users in the post number portability regime. According to the numbers available from TRAI, over nine million subscribers had opted for mobile number portability (MNP) in the first three months of its launch on January 20.
The biggest gainers were Vodafone Essar followed by Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, reports Business Standard. On the other hand, state run incumbant BSNL and Reliance Communications lost maximum number of users.
Bharti Airtel who also emerged as a leading operator by choice from IT Managers community in the post MNP era saw the highest number of port-in requests for any service provider and also the most requests for port-out. The total port-in number for Airtel stood at 1.57 million while the port-out numbers stood at 1 million.
Notably, number portability allows consumers to change their existing operator, while retaining the existing number by paying a specified fee. According to the guidelines issued by Department of Telecommunications, customers need to pay just Rs 19 to switch operators, with the commitment to stay with the new operator for at least three months.
Indian mobile service providers have added over 20 mn new users by the end of march, helping country's mobile subscriber base reaching 811.59 mn, up by 20.21 million from February's 791.38 million.
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