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The Telecom Churn: Requests for mobile number portability peak again

Indian mobile consumers have made close to 30 million MNP requests each quarter in the last three, or in other words, close to 90 million requests in the January - September 2021 period

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This quarterly rate is the highest since the two quarters of 2018 when Jio grabbed subscribers from Airtel and Vodafone+Idea, a year after its entry

Abhishek Waghmare

2 min read Last Updated : Dec 18 2021 | 1:16 AM IST

The telecom industry continues to go through a churn. Announcement of tariff hikes by all the three players shows how paramount are revenue considerations despite one company — Vodafone Idea Limited — losing out subscribers to the two leaders Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel.

But a new trend has gathered momentum in the last year or so. Mobile Number Portability, or MNP requests have hit a peak, nearly three to four years after the entry of Jio rattled the telecom space.

Indian mobile consumers have made close to 30 million MNP requests each quarter in the last three, or in

Topics : Telecom industry mobile number portability Reliance Jio Bharti Airtel Vodafone Idea Mobile subscribers

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