Mobile Number Portability Market Report 2025

This Mobile Number Portability market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The mobile number portability market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $2.14 billion in 2024 to $2.27 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.8%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to regulatory developments, increased customer satisfaction, improved network coverage by operators, increased internet users, improved quality of service.

The mobile number portability market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $2.8 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.4%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing demand for seamless switching, emergence of virtual mobile network operators, high churn rate among prepaid subscribers, growing mobile subscriber base, increasing consumer awareness of their rights. Major trends in the forecast period include introduction of IP-based networks, session initiation protocol, product innovation, investment in back-end services, demand for cloud-based MNP solutions.

The increasing number of mobile subscribers is poised to drive growth in the mobile number portability market. A mobile subscriber refers to an individual registered and actively using services provided by a mobile service provider. Several factors contribute to the growing subscriber base, including enhanced network infrastructure, widespread adoption of smartphones and high-speed networks, and increased affordability of mobile services. Mobile number portability encourages competition among mobile service providers by compelling them to improve service quality, expand network coverage, and enhance customer satisfaction to both retain existing subscribers and attract new ones. This benefits subscribers by offering improved service options and better overall network performance. For example, as of March 2022, Vietnam reported an increase in smartphone subscribers from 91.3 million in 2021 to 93.5 million, covering 73.5% of the adult population, as disclosed by the Department of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Information and Communications. Therefore, the growing number of mobile subscribers is a significant driver for the expansion of the mobile number portability market.

Leading companies in the mobile number portability market are focusing on introducing innovative strategies, such as bundled mobile plans, aimed at enhancing service offerings and customer retention. Bundled mobile plans consolidate various services into a single package, offering convenience and cost savings compared to purchasing each service separately. For instance, in August 2022, Telstra Group Limited, an Australian telecommunications company specializing in telecommunications and information services, launched a new bundled mobile plan designed to provide cost-effective mobile and data services to families nationwide. These plans are accessible to customers with qualifying 'upfront' mobile plans, featuring individual SIM cards that support additional devices. Customers can add up to five of these bundle plans to their accounts, enabling connectivity for smartphones, tablets, or mobile broadband hotspots used by family members.

The increasing adoption of smartphones is expected to drive the growth of the mobile number portability (MNP) market in the coming years. Smartphones are multifunctional devices that combine communication, computing, and multimedia capabilities, enabling internet access and app usage. The growing popularity of smartphones is fueled by their convenience, versatility, and improved internet accessibility. As more consumers adopt smartphones, they seek flexible telecom services and competitive pricing, which drives the demand for MNP. This trend encourages users to switch carriers while keeping their phone numbers, fostering greater competition among telecom providers. For example, in October 2023, the GSM Association, a UK-based industry organization, reported that global mobile data usage per user increased from 8.4 GB in 2021 to 11.3 GB in 2022. Thus, the rising adoption of smartphones is significantly contributing to the growth of the MNP market.

Major companies operating in the mobile number portability market are Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Inc., T-Mobile Inc., Orange SA, Vodafone Group Plc, Telefónica SA, Telecom Italia SPA, O2 Co., Bharti Airtel, A1 Telekom Austria AG, 3 Hutchison Ltd., Telkom SA SOC, Tele2 AB, Cell C Ltd., Tietoevry Corp., Neustar Inc., Syniverse Technologies LLC, MTN, iconectiv LLC, INDOTEL, Reliance Communications, EE Ltd., Sprint Corporation, Mediafon Datapro, Neotel Companies.

North America was the largest region in the mobile number portability market in 2024. North America is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the mobile number portability market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the mobile number portability market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is a service that allows mobile phone users to retain their existing phone numbers when switching from one mobile network operator to another. This facilitates seamless transitions between providers without the need to change phone numbers, ensuring continuity and convenience in communication. The MNP process typically involves submitting a porting request to the new service provider, who coordinates with the current provider to transfer the number while minimizing service interruption.

The primary technology types used for Mobile Number Portability include SMS (Short Message Service), USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data), STP (Signal Transfer Point), and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). SMS refers to traditional text messaging transmitted via cellular networks rather than the internet. These technologies support wireline and wireless transmissions, catering to various end users such as individual consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and large enterprises.

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The mobile number portability market includes revenues earned by entities by providing service provider number portability, location number portability, service portability, fixed number portability, and related wireless number portability. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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