Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said nationwide Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is expected to be rolled out by February next year, which will allow users to retain their numbers even if they move from one state to another. ...
10:29 AM, Dec 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Wednesday said it will levy financial disincentives on operators for contravention of mobile number portability (MNP) regulations ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000. "In order to ensure compliance of MNP regulations by access providers, the authority has decided to amend the regulations to incorporate the provisions for levying financial disincentives where contravention is established in rejection of porting requests and...
11:46 AM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: The government is likely to take final decision on Thursday on the National Telecom Policy, which if approved will pave the way for abolishing of roaming charges and allowing users to use retain the same number across the country. "NTP is part of Cabinet's meeting agenda tomorrow (Thursday). We are expecting a positive decision on the same," a senior government official said. The policy, if approved, will replace...
09:05 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the apex body which looks after telecom services in the country, has asked telecom operators not to entertain pleas from customers to withdraw requests to change operators under the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme. Before this guideline, any customer has the option to withdraw their requests for MNP within 24 hours of applying to change operators. The MNP facility, which came to...
02:33 PM, Feb 25, 2012
New Delhi: Two leading telecom firms, Bharti and Vodafone, have come under the scanner of regulator Trai for violating Mobile Number Portability (MNP) norms. Trai had issued showcause notices to the firms seeking information based on complaints from subscribers that their requests for MNP had been rejected, sources in the know said. "We have received their (Bharti and Vodafone) replies and the same is under examination. After analysing it we...
07:20 PM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has noticed that Vodafone has rejected mobile number portability request of many of its subscribers for reasons that are not justified. "Majority of porting rejections have been primarily of the ground of contractual obligation; however, customers complained that they did not enter into such agreement with Vodafone," TRAI said in its direction issued today. Under MNP regulations, a mobile subscriber can...
02:13 PM, Nov 05, 2011
New Delhi: Within a fortnight of Mobile Number Portability becoming available, more than 11 lakh mobile subscribers have opted for the facility, that allows users to change their service provider while retaining the number. "According to daily MNP figure reported by telecom service providers, there has been request from over 11 lakh customers to switch from their existing network," said a TRAI official. The official added that TRAI is busy...
07:54 PM, Feb 03, 2011
New Delhi: The MNP services, via which the customer can retain the number even after changing its service provider, was expected to shake up the telephony market, but now industry leaders are recognising that this may not happen, says a study. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the nation-wide mobile number portability (MNP) services on January 20. The service was first launched in Haryana in November last year. "With 0.75 per...
09:52 AM, Jan 26, 2011
New Delhi: A majority of consumers are unhappy with their current mobile service provider and want to switch, that's what the Swayam-numvar survey conducted by IBNLive discovered. Mobile number portability (MNP) was finally launched across the country after a long wait on January 21 and telecom companies have hit the top gear in their efforts to retain existing customers and to attract new ones from other networks. In Haryana where...
05:20 PM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: The customers are a happy lot post the nation-wide launch of mobile number portability (MNP) on Thursday -- a scheme that allows subscribers to switch operators without changing their existing number. "I am happy that the scheme is finally here. I have been using Idea for the past one year but I am facing problems like bad network. I am now planning to switch to Airtel due to...
08:45 PM, Jan 20, 2011
New Delhi: After years of delays, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will finally be available all over India from January 20. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said, "We're very happy that we are going to launch it nationally tomorrow. It's a great step forward for the consumer. It enhances his choice." Dump your phone company. Move to a better one. But keep your present number. 700 million Indians use cell phones. With...
07:03 AM, Jan 20, 2011
New Delhi: Several new telecom operators are likely to take more than 104 weeks time given to roll out services which may prompt the Department of Telecom (DoT) to issue show-cause notices for cancellation of licences soon. The DoT is looking at licences, issued in January 2008 by former Telecom Minister A Raja, which have failed to start services as stipulated in the licence conditions. "If you take cases of...
06:19 PM, Jan 06, 2011
New Delhi: After missing three deadlines, mobile number portability (MNP), which allows subscribers to retain numbers even after changing service operators, will be rolled out in November, Telecom Minister A Raja said. "November 1 onwards, MNP would be operational partially... First, we wanted to inaugurate in Haryana," Raja told reporters on the sidelines of an event organised by BSNL in New Delhi on Tuesday. He also said that in the...
10:26 AM, Oct 27, 2010
MNP helps in "increasing competition between the service providers. ...
08:13 PM, Nov 20, 2009
This plan will allow users to switch operators without changing numbers. ...
08:12 PM, Sep 03, 2009
