As of end of April 2006, more than 8 million mobile numbers have been ported in Italy.
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Mobile number portability (MNP) has been suffering for a long time in Italy due to massive demand by consumers. In country with a mobile penetration rate in excess of 120%, MNP is an increasingly important tool to foster competition.
In order to help easing the backlog of MNP requests, the National Regulatory Authority ordered all mobile network operators to increase the minimum number of number portability requests handled per day.
