Thus, a total of 813.5824 numbers had been ported by end-July, of which 553,154 in mobile networks and 260,428 in landline networks, ANCOM also said.
In January to July 2012 period, there have been 136,187 ports (96,820 mobile and 39,367 landline numbers), representing around 19,455 ports per month on average. January ranked first, with most ported number, at 27,823.
Most of the ported numbers were registered in Bucharest, with 76,663, followed by the counties of Cluj, with 19,008, Timis, with 14,740, and Prahova, with 14,370.
ANCOM data shows 75% of the mobile users who ported their number were subscribers, while the rest used pre-paid cards.
Vodafone was the destination network for 186,793 ported mobile numbers, followed by Cosmote, with 184.775 numbers, Orange, with 175,607, RCS&RDS, with 5,255, and Telemobil, with 719 numbes.
The 260,428 ported landline numbers were transferred to the networks of 31 providers. The most popular were UPC Romania, with 72,843, RCS&RDS, with 69,649, Orange, with 48,869, Vodafone (21,606) and Romtelecom (12,061).
Early this year, ANCOM decided to reduce administrative procedures for phone number porting to three from ten days as of September. After porting requests are validated, the number will be activated in at most one workday.