I would not blame if Mobile Number Portability reminds us all the famous dialogue " Tareekh pe tareekh,Tareekh pe tareekh" from bollywood famous film Damini. but finally the dot has announced the launch of MNP in India.
Finally after a long and long wait,Mobile Number Portability (MNP)has successfully been launched in India yesterday.
20.1.2011 is the day for mobile phone users in India.Previously it was only available in haryana and from January 20th it is available all over the nation.
The telecoms minister Mr. Kapil Sibal added to the news channel that the much waited and pending mobile service is finally set to launch on 20 Jan 2011.
Now the consumers has chance to command over their choice of telecoms provider.
OK lets now examine what really MNP is :
MNP i.e. mobile number portability is a service in which a user is free to choose whatever telecoms company with he is satisfied and to move between them without changing the old numbers.
Previously it was necessary to change the current mobile number if a user opt for other service provider but now the scenario has completely changed.
MNP is like dumping the service provider but keeping the favourite number.Is not a fun and kingly feeling ?.With more than 700 million mobile phone users in India this is not a service but a necessity as the range of 10 digit mobile number has already towards the dead end.
Technically MNP can be defined as a process of routing calls ,Sms and other services to the same numbers through the new service providers.
Mobile Number Portability service (MNP) will definitely launch a severe competition between service providers and users can see a better improvement in service quality and quantity.Cheap call rates ,and Sm's rates,data plans what i expect.
80,000 users already benifited from this service in haryana.
Now whats the procedure for availing this service..
There is a number of buzz in the market among which most accepted is as follows
(a.) The user has to send a message to 1900 in the format described below
PORT xxxxxxxxxx (replace x's with ur current mobile number).
(b). Then after few minutes the user will get Sm's reply having a unique Porting ID and expiry date.(c.) A second Sm's or a application is required to send to the new operator with unique porting code.Please remember this unique code is valid for few days and if expired can be requested again.
(d.) After that the existing operator will check if for any dues and if all is OK then it will give approval for porting the number.
(e.) The user will get an Sm's with the time and date when the porting Will take place.TRAI rules compels the porting procedure to be within 4-5 days.
(f.) Finally when the porting is done the user will get an Sm's confirming the porting.The phone may be dead for 2 hours during porting process.
The process of porting mobile number between service providers is a maximum of INR RS 19 but the same can be varies according to the service providers..
The benefits can be stated as with this the customer can be the king.
However there is some criteria which must be fulfilled before opting this service if the user is a post paid customer then there should not be any dues and for the pre paid customers the remaining balance will be lapsed and not be carried forwarded and also the user has to wait at least for 90 days for the second porting.
The user can also withdraw the application within a day if mind changes and user want to stick with the old numbers however the porting fee will not be refunded.
After the subbmission it hardly takes 4 days and for J&K and northern eastern it is within 12 days.
The user can flexibly switch from CDMA service to GSM service and vice verse.
DOT has mandate to implement MNP service within a circle hence service providers can be switch as along as they are within the same circle.
Land line numbers can not be ported as of now it is only for mobile phone numbers.
The user need to carry in two recent passport size photo graph and a proof of address(POA) and proof of identity(POI).
The following links can be used for getting more details about number porting
Airtel
Vodafone
Idea
Aircel
Tata Docomo
Reliance
Virgin
Loop
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