Mobile number portability will be ruled out from October 31, 2010, India’s telecom regulator said today here in New Delhi. Mobile number portability (MNP) will be implemented across the country as announced earlier on 31st October, without any further delay.
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is a service that allows you to change your network provider without changing your number. So the conclusion is that Form Oct 31, Vodafone orAirtel or BSNL or TATA or Reliance or any other network service provider, your cell no. wont’ change.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman J S Sharma said, “There will be no further delay in the implementation of MNP”.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked the operators to make sure that they complete all test regarding porting the numbers from one service provider to another before September 1, 2010.
All Mobile service providers in India i.e. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Essar, Aircel, Tata Tele, Idea and STel are ready to launch 3G spectrum from next month.
The MNP was to be implemented in all the four metros as well as in the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka before December 31, 2009 but the deadline was later changed to March 31, 2010 and after that to June 30, 2010.
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Can any one tell me if any provider has started testing mobile number portability. As per TRAI they need to start testing this from september 1st. So has any one started on that. Can any one tell on that side