* Number Portability From Oct 31 *

[Spacescreamer]

From Oct 31, retain your cell no. while you change network

NEW DELHI: India's telecom regulator said today that mobile number portability (MNP) will be implemented nationwide from October 31, as announced earlier, ruling out any further delay.

MNP is a service that allows a mobile user to change his operator while retaining the number.

"There will be no further delay in the implementation of MNP," Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman J S Sarma said.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) said the operators must ensure that all inter-operator tests for porting the numbers from one service provider to another are completed before September 1, 2010.

The Dot made it clear to all telecom operators that in case they fail to implement MNP as per the scheduled deadline, they will be barred from launching any new commercial services from September 1.

"It has been decided that permission to launch commercial service in any area with effect from September 1, 2010 shall be given to only those licensee(s) who are MNP compliant," said a DoT note.

Mobile service providers -- Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone Essar, Tata Tele, Idea, STel and Aircel -- are getting ready to launch high-speed 3G services from next month.

State-owned telcos Bharat Sanchar Nagar Nigam and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited have said they are ready with the infrastructure to implement the MNP service.

The earlier June 30 deadline for the implementation of MNP was deferred as the operators were not ready with the infrastructure to provide the service.

The MNP was to be implemented by December 31, 2009 in all the metro cities as well as in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The deadline was then changed to March 31, 2010 and thereafter to June 30, 2010.

Asked about the rolling out of 3G services, Sarma said, "I see no reason to believe that there would be any delay."

Source

Now let's see some real action ! :devil:

 

[jovi]

i hope it comes bcoz abhi tak to tarik pe tarik trai is giving

 

[Gaurish]

Yet another deadline. What's makes you guys think they will meet it this this?

 

[YoGi-Sama]

Another day, another date... will believe only when I see it.

 

[titana]

Another day, another date... will believe only when I see it.

+1

hope they do not put some ridiculous pricing on this..

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

^

Pricing is supposed to be around 35 bucks.

 

[Renegade]

Yeah right!

Anyway the price is INR 19.

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

good pricing.Hope it gets implemented on 31 oct 2010

 

[Aladdin]

http://www.techenclave.com/mobile-phones/dec-31-cell-users-can-switch-147380.html

LOL

 

[orangewrath]

I hope TRAI sticks to their MNP first, 3G next rule, only then will the private telecom players get MNP atleast so they will be able to rip people off with their 3G tariffs.

 

[DigitalDude]

the Duke Nukem Forever of Indian telecom

_

 

[6pack]

what difference will changing providers make. all are the same in the end. same type of service everywhere.

 

[Party Monger]

^Yeah right, while vodafone is on full bars, my docomo card looses signal as soon as i enter my home..

So lets not begin with the differences, yeah the service per se the customer service, is equally pathetic for all of them..I agree on that..

 

[ashr]

what difference will changing providers make. all are the same in the end. same type of service everywhere.

Except Vodafone charges me an obscene amount of money for data transfer while Airtel doesn't.

 

[madnav]

what difference will changing providers make. all are the same in the end. same type of service everywhere.

thing is that they will get more competitive to retain customers...most of the customers stick around solely because they can not afford to lose contacts and business.

finally the old SIM cards with good number that i have been saving will come to some use with this

 

[harish_21_10]

The day this thing becomes reality, I would shift from Vodafone to Airtel. The GPRS charges set by Vodafone are insane.

 

[Renegade]

Just an update. MNP will go live only for Haryana in the last week of November. And then most likely for the rest of India by December end. Its finally about to happen and only a catastrophe can avert that.

 

[nit_the_techie]

Just an update. MNP will go live only for Haryana in the last week of November. And then most likely for the rest of India by December end. Its finally about to happen and only a catastrophe can avert that.

good news but source please ?
^^edit; repped

 

[raksrules]

Just an update. MNP will go live only for Haryana in the last week of November. And then most likely for the rest of India by December end. Its finally about to happen and only a catastrophe can avert that.

This is super news. But any official source ? Link ?

 

[thetoxicmind]

Oh my! Hope this turns out to be true and soon...

The blessed document verification process by Vodafone has left my caller id service deactivated and my outgoing calls barred. Anyone else facing the same?