Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) have faced the brunt of public ire as a result of the launch of mobile number portability (MNP) since November last.
According to latest government figures, BSNL and MTNL have lost over 5,84,261 and 55,605 customers respectively as on June 30 after mobile number portability was introduced in the country.
In a written reply in Rajya Sabha Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communications and IT said that the number of subscribers who ported out of the BSNL and MTNL networks stood at 9,33,750 and 67,198 while those porting in the network included 3,49,489 and 11,593 subscribers respectively.
MNP was launched on a pilot basis in November last in Haryana and then across the country on January 20 last, allowing all mobile phone users to switch operators without changing their numbers.
