09/25/2024

Number Portability in Brazil

Portability Mobile Portability Fixed Tel. Portability

In this page: Information about Number Portability in Brazil.

Statistics in Portability in Brazil

 

 

Total of Ported Numbers

Ported (Jan-Aug/23) (Jan-Aug/24)
Fixed Telephony 916,195 998,004
Mobile Telephony 4,014,304 3,267,199
Total 4,930,499 4,265,203

 

Effectuation Rate (Ported/Requests)

  Aug/23 Dec/23 Jul/24 Aug/24
Fixed Telephony 82.6% 82.6% 84.2% 84.6%
Mobile Telephony 82.9% 75.6% 65.6% 65.4%
Total 82.9% 76.9% 69.1% 69.0%

 

Evolution of Portability Churn

  Aug/23 Dec/23 Jul/24 Aug/24
Mobile Telephony 0.19% 0.15% 0.16% 0.17%
Fixed Telephony 0.39% 0.48% 0.54% 0.67%

 

Total of Ported Number - Annual

Thousand 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 ∆Year
Fixed Tel. 1,484 1,244 1,414 1,230 1,378 12.0%
Mobile Tel. 7,398 7,138 7,289 8,437 5,512 (34.7%)
Total 8,882 8,381 8,703 9,667 6,889 (28.7%)

 

Annual Evolution of Portability Churn

- 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Mobile Tel. 3.23% 3.15% 3.11% 3.31% 2.19%
Fixed Tel. 3.96% 3.71% 4.64% 4.28% 5.08%

 

Effectuation Rate (Ported/Requests)

Annual 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fixed Tel. 80.8% 81.4% 82.3% 82.7% 82.6%
Mobile Tel. 86.2% 83.8% 82.4% 83.2% 75.6%
Total 85.2% 83.4% 82.4% 83.1% 76.9%

Note: Effectuation rate of mobile portability is accelated since May/09, when Anatel established a new procedure to make easier to register prepaid mobile accesses.

 

Number Portability

Through Number Portability it's possible to keep a telephone number while changing operator in the same local area, since the operator provides the same service, in other words:

The main characterists of Brazilian number portability are:

 

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What changes with number portability in Brazil?

Is portability use in Brazil lower than the expected?

 

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