Almost half of total ports in June were away from MTN in Nigeria

MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest wireless operator by customers, has so far seen the highest proportion of subscribers switch to a rival network since mobile number portability (MNP) was introduced on 22 April 2013. Technology Times cites figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as showing that 47% of total number ports in June 2013 were away from MTN’s network, followed by Indian-owned Airtel Nigeria with 23%, Globacom with 19% and Etisalat Nigeria, a subsidiary of the UAE’s Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), with 11%. Meanwhile, Etisalat saw the highest proportion of total incoming ports in June (50%), followed by Globacom (29%), Airtel (12%) and MTN (9%). Tony Ojobo, director of public affairs at the NCC, was reported as saying that MNP has so far deepened competition in the market.