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July registered a record in the hiring of mobile telephony
08/09/2009
September 8, 2009
The hiring of mobile telephony recorded an annual record of recruitment in the month of July with 358.080 new lines, an increase of 4.4% year on year, and 52 million of contracted lines, according to the latest monthly release of the telecommunications market Commission (CMT). The Mobile Division of Telefónica MoviStar led new high, with 42,03% of net hiring of telephony over the last three months, followed by Vodafone with 32,31% and the virtual mobile operators (MVNO), 31.50%.
With regard to portability in mobile - process that allows you to keep your phone number when you change your operator-, it continued with its high growth rate and recorded the second-best figure since the regulator of telecommunications accounted for this record in 2002with a total of 424.093 numbers ported in the month, 18.1% more than in July 2008.
