Over 600,000 Mobile Numbers Ported in Israel Since MNP Introduced

Over a year and a half since number portability plan was implemented in Israel, 607,000 mobile subscribers and 418,000 fixed subscribers have switched companies, reports the Ministry of Communications.

The Ministry says that it will continue to act towards solving consumerist bottlenecks so that at the end of the day, with the removal of various barriers - including lifting the linkage between the purchase of a device and receiving airtime benefits - service quality and tariffs will constitute the sole consideration, on behalf of the client, in selecting a service provider.

According to figures from the Mobile World, Israel ended Q1 '09 with an estimated 8.7 million mobile phone subscribers, with an additional 500,000 subscribers from the Palestinian Territories.

On the web: Mobile World - Ministry of Communications

Posted to the site on 19th July 2009