The Nigerian Communications Commission on Monday said telecoms operators engaged in 40,719 mobile number-porting activities in the month of September.
This was contained in the “Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators” report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
The report showed that there was an increase of 1,646 in the Mobile Number Portability activities in the month of September, in contrast to 39,073 activities recorded in August.
It said out of the 40,719 porting activities recorded in the month under review, 20,349 were incoming porting activities, while 20,370 were outgoing.
The report indicated in the outgoing table, MTN Nigeria lost 12,259 subscribers to other networks through the MNP activities in September.
According to the report, MTN is the worst hit during the exercise, followed by Airtel Nigeria, which lost 3,635 customers in the month under review.
It explained that Globacom lost 3,212 subscribers, while 1,264 customers of Etisalat Nigeria ported to other networks in the period under review.
In the incoming table, the report showed that Etisalat enjoyed the exercise the most as it led with an additional 12,898 customers on its network in September.
It stated that Airtel came second on the gainers’ list, as it added 5,347 subscribers to its customers’ strength.
The report stated that on the gainers’ list, 1,505 subscribers moved into Globacom network, while MTN Nigeria gained 599 customers in the month under consideration.
NAN reports that the exercise was flagged off on April 22, 2013 by the NCC, with the aim of deepening competition in the industry.
NAN.