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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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Varun Krish is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast and has been blogging about mobile phones since 2005. His current phones include the Nokia Lumia 800 and Apple iPhone 4S. You can follow him on Twitter @varunkrish and on Google+ You can also mail Varun Krish

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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)

    • lalit

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

  • 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

    • rama aju

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

  • 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.

    • v.purushothaman

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

  • 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)?

    • rama aju

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

  • Aditi

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

    • lalit

      yes mam its possible

  • 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.

    • 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

    • Zaheer

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

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