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TRAI fixes MNP Mobile Number Portability charges at Rs.19

on November 22, 2009 – 3:18 am57 Comments

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You must have heard a lot of news surrounding MNP or Mobile Number Portability. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finally fixed the various charges for Mobile Number Portability in India and the TRAI press release is below. If you are still wondering what does MNP mean to you read further.

  • Are you sticking to the same Operator for many years just for the fancy mobile number you possess despite the poor network coverage in your area  ?
  • Do plans from another Operator seem more affordable / attractive to you compared to the current operator ?
  • Are you a Technology enthusiast and want to figure out whats MNP ?

If you said to any one of the questions above then you might make use of MNP to move to another mobile network operator and retain your same old mobile number. Now lets get to the charges.

You have to pay a porting  charge to port your mobile number from one network to another.

This fee has been fixed at Rs.19 only. TRAI has indicated that

The amount to be paid by the subscriber shall not be more than the per port transaction charge i.e. Rs.19. Operators are free to charge any amount less than or equal to this charge

These charges will come into effect on 31st December  and MNP is expected to be available in Metros and Category A circles by this date. It is expected to be available in other circles by March.

Are you interested in MNP  ? Will you use the service ?

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  • Savio

    varun,is this available only inside the circle or applicable in other states too?

  • Purnendu Bagchi

    I want to know if the mobile no. with post paid connection of one service provider(old) can be ported as a pre paid connection of another service provider(new). Also, if one is having an ‘old’ metro city no. can it be ported to a ‘new’ rural no?

  • Joseph

    Vow….. This is great..
    Hope it works in Goa too..

  • sajniho

    I am very dissatisfied with the services of my Mobile Operator but I have a big prepaid balance against my no. What will happen to my balance if I change my operator through MNP (Mobile Number Portability)

  • Paresh Jani

    Thanks to trai I use bpl network ye bpl wale khuli loot chalate hai billing me kuch bhi bill aata hai 1st Jan ko me sabase pahale Apana operater change karunga

  • fabian

    yup..interested…..! :P thanx for the update….

  • Chinna Rao

    Hi All,
    Its very much happy to hear TRAI’s decision to fix MNP @ just 19 INR. Many cellular oparators in india now are failing to provide good & effective service to their customers. By introducing MNP they might be concentrate on providing good quality of services.

    Thanks & Regards
    Chinna Rao
    Hyderabad

  • Bipin Shiroya

    Really this is a very good step from TRAI. Now, you can choose your service provider even with your same number. And the portability charegs are also quite reasonable. Thanks to TRAI. Bipin, Vadodara.

  • ali

    hii it is avaiable in hyderabad or not plz mail me at my email address meee2myyy@yahoo.com thanks

  • Anwar

    Wow this is a great news!!!! want to know that,can CDMA user switch to GSM with same No or GSM user can switch to CDMA bearing same No.

    THANKS

  • Minhaj

    Will this work in hyderabad?

  • Minhaj

    Is it coming to hyderabad?

  • GAURAV DHAMIJA

    It is awesome but onething that wether a GSM number can be changed with the CDMA number

  • Ilyas Mansoori

    Ya it’s a nice idea. I was thinking about changing my mobile operator but was worried about communicating my new no. to frnds. Now its satisfying that i’ll be able to keep my old no. and change the operator.
    Thanks Man.

  • pradeepprp

    does the MNP apllicable for CDMA to GSM phones or GSM to CDMA phones…can any one help me how could we cahnge no. from cdma to gsm..using MNP…is it posible……..

  • anil

    ya offcourse its good benifit for us definetly ill change ma provider thanks for the news

  • Satya

    I was wondering if I can get a number ported from one CP which is in State A to other CP which is in state B. Is this possible in MNP or number porting will be done only within the same circle unlike in UK where one can get a number ported to different place and different CP(also known as Movers)?

  • Aditi

    It can be between prepaid to postpaid of two different operators ?

  • Pradeep

    ALL YOU , GUYS AND ITS A GR8 NEWS ,,,,

    CONFIRMED BY DISSCUSSION WITH TRAI, THE NUMBER CAN BE SWITCHED OVER FROM CDMA SERVICE TO GSM OR fROM ANY GSM sERVICE TO CDMA..

    GR8 NEWS.

    HIP HIP HURRY!!! THIS NEW YEAR WIL BE ROCKING

  • CDMA user

    This a good move by TRAI… In most of the countries this option is available and now its coming to India too. I am a CDMA customer with reliance and I will be one of the first benefeciaries of this MNP policy.. In GSM you have all the fancy handsets and there is a great choice but CDMA users, who cannot change their numbers coz of years of usage will be very happy to get this option. Even if you pay and get a CDMA phone from abroad they will not activate the same. Its really stupid policy being followed and I am sure a lot CDMA customers will switch over to GSM.. But frankily speaking you may not get the same call clarity of CDMA in GSM. I am using CDMA for five years and GSM for three.

  • v.purushothaman

    Definitly it is good ,it should come soon,I have to change the mobile operator.

  • Kumar

    Does this apply to postpaid as well or only prepaid?

  • FuckinFanatic

    It applies to Mobile number, and I believe Post paid is also a Mobile number like prepaid. Post and Pre are only the method of payment. At last both are only mobile numbers.

  • lalit

    hello boss balance can not be carried farword when u change the oprator

  • lalit

    yes mam its possible

  • Abe rajan

    It is very nice. very relevant at this time.

  • Abe rajan

    i am cofused whether CDMA Number can be changed to GSM. When i asked to a dealer it will not work in gsm & vice versa

  • Abe rajan

    surely there will be unhealthy competition by all providers. it’s good to customers. I Think atlast there will be only 3 to 4 providers because all of them will practice the unhealthy competition and they can’t survive. there is another reason also the privder has to pay about 1500 cr for one circle licence, many for add, many for salary and lots.

  • deepu

    wow waiting for it

  • pratik khandelwal

    i have tata CDMA now i want to shift to airtel or idea. is possible ?

  • JP

    Awaiting this eagerly!

  • bhavik

    wow… was waiting for this offer…

  • Ankit Duseja

    This is gonna be great and guess what? Airtel will be the biggest losers now! As Airtel has been looting its customers on tarrifs and customers were not able to do anything just because they cannot afford to loose the number!

    I am an example of that!

    Well Yo! m happy!

  • Zaheer

    you bet..but Vodafone call clarity is said to be good

  • Raju

    Airtel network sucks man…

  • Jyoti

    This is great news, atleast we can have many options in choosing numbers now.

    I have 2(teo) questions:

    1. Is it true that w.e.f 1st April 2010 this will be applicable?

    2. Per port transaction charges i.e. Rs. 19/- is one time payable or on every call or monthly basis, please clarify?

    Regards,

  • rama aju

    Possible, any technology to any technology iand distinction b/w pre/post coneection.

  • rama aju

    Number portability in licensed Service Area it means limited to within state (LSA)

  • rama aju

    This is one time charge and will be charged by recepient operato( New service provider ) maximum Rs 19/- other things i.e.., call charges as per the existing customer.

  • Jyoti

    Thanks:)

  • Manish Gupta

    will i be able to retain my mobile no if i am changing my state or service area ???

  • Prashant Kedari

    Does Mobile Number Portability will get start from 30th June 2010 (Tomorrow)? I have to go with Vodafone from Idea…

    Idea has good service but but bahut lutate hai…. No Group plan(so costly)…

  • ghufran

    I have 4 TATA CDMA connections. I will change all of them to AIRTEL Or VODAFONE. reason is simple “very Bad Network” and no good handsets are available. CDMA handsets get heated up fast.

  • http://nil SAMIR

    thanks man for this update but when its going to be done in mumbai i want to shift my number to other provider asap

  • Darpan

    Airtel is trying to improve their BAD image by just changing a logo its not possible.

    I thing Airtel will come down in total nos subscribers within few months

    Airtel will be the BIGGEST LOOSER.

  • sarat

    its better to change to DOCOMO if u r in a city or town. It has very good plans and very cheap call & sms charges

  • ravi

    SIR
    WHEN THE TRAI WILL OPEN THESE FACILITIES TO INDIANN CUSTOMERS IN BETWEEN LOT OF TROUBLES MAY GO TO THE TRAI BY THE COMPANIES.IN INDIA NO GOOD THINGS WILL REACH TO THE CUSTOMERS PROPERLY BECAUSE OF HIGH BRIBE ACTIVITIES

  • deepika

    ya mr.ravi you are cent percent correct..
    and wen is this trai facility gonna cum in hyderabad yaar,eagerly waiting for that..

  • ram

    Any body says anything ………………..airtel is the best and will remain best

  • Satya

    Airtel people are BIG THIEF. They charged me 85 rs for last 06months on my broadband.
    After escalating, now they are giving me 20% discount on my plan which is 130 for next 6 months. By the way services are good.

  • SRIKANTH

    May i know my cdma mobile number can change in to gsm mobile number? pls let me know!!

  • vijay

    now days airtel plans is worst plans ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    they activating services defaulty, customers loses the balance

    ——————-i also liking airtel but this reasons
    now i want change my operatos……..

  • safeer

    which is the good gsm provider

  • ajay aggarwal

    my no. is 9412221705 and i want to port my no. from bsnl to tata docomo but it is not possible as said by tata docomo i want the sollution and reason for it .please help me out to recover from this problem

    thanks
    by
    ajay
    9837114810

  • smita chopra

    hey guys! I am doing a research on mobile number portability. Anybody who has switched to vodafone using MNP please leave a message on this post. It will be of great help if you could just spend few minutes on this.

  • nishad.k.nair

    HOW MANY DAYS TO TAKE PORTABILITY I HAVE PORT MY NO VODAFONE TO MTNL 

  • ak

    the DOCOMO agent has charged me rs 49 /- i don’t know why. but he has given me a bill though. I am still to get the port number from Vodafone.. :(