In a bid to promote effective competition in the mobile market segment, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) introduced the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in April 2011, a service that allows the consumers the flexibility and the convenience to retain subscribers’ numbers upon switching service providers.
According to CCK’s recent quarterly sector statistics report for the period covering January to March 2012, the uptake of this service has continued to show mixed signals in the mobile market segment since its inception. During the quarter under review, there were a total of 6,646 in-ports up from 2,407 in-ports recorded during the previous quarter, representing an increase of 176.1 per cent. The number of in-ports recorded since the establishment of the MNP service in April 2011 is shown in the table below.
| Period | Jan-Mar 12 | Oct-Dec 11 | Jul-Sep 11 | Apr-Jun 11 |
| Number of in-ports | 6,646 | 2,407 | 1,929 | 36,224 |
| Variation | 176.1 | 24.8 | -94.7 | - |
This means that there have been a total of 47,206 in-ports, compared to a total number of 29,211,649 mobile phone subscribers during the period under review. Access to mobile telephony services continued to be realized as the quarter posted a mobile penetration of 74.0 per 100 inhabitants up from 71.3 per 100 inhabitants recorded during the previous quarter.
Source: CCK Quarterly Sector Statistics Report for January-March 2012
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