The much awaited Mobile Number Portability [MNP] will finally be Launched on November 1 starting from Haryana and will extent to other circles..
According to Deccan Herald Telecom Minister A Raja said,
“The MNP will be launched on November 1, starting with Haryana.The service is expected to be extended to the rest of the country in phases”
According To Economic Times Mr. Raja has said
“MNP would be partially operational from November 1. We wanted to inaugurate it in Haryana,” said Mr Raja. Syniverse Technologies , one of the two joint ventures selected by the department of telecom, will implement the first phase of MNP, to be completed by December 20. Trial runs in Haryana are expected to begin by November 8.
In case u didint know what is MNP, Then Mobile Number Portability or simply MNP is service through which Users can change ther operator without changing ther mobile number
COST OF MNP
TRAI has already said that mobile users can be charges maximum of Rs. 19 for chabging ther numbers.
Mobile operators can charge users less than Rs. 19 but cannot charge more than Rs. 19
Some Rules…
- User can changed his/her mobile operater, only after a minimum of 3 months or 90 days
- Post-paid users should pay all ther bill or dues before porting ther number to any other mobile operator
- If Postpaid user had paid any deposits, then it may not retturned or refunded to the users if he changes his operator
After so much of Delay, Department Of Telecom [DoT] has now decided that all mobile operators will not be allowed to Launch any commercial services if their network is found not ready for [MNP] Mobile Number Portability [with effect from September 1, 2010]
According to a note by DoT
It has been decided by the competent authority that permission to launch commercial services in any service area with effect from 1st September, 2010 shall be given to only those Licensee(s) who are MNP Compliant.
MNP Compliant – ensure that the Inter-Operator Test for poring as well as call scenario test as prescribed by TEC has bee completed
MNP has missed many deadlines, The last deadline set is October 31, 2010
Mobile Number Portability is service using which mobile users can change their mobile operator without changing their existing mobile number
BSNL which has played spoilspot is reportedly now ready to implement Mobile Number Portability
MNP has finally missed another deadline , now the new deadline for MNP is October 31
Previous official Deadline to implement MNP was June 30, which has even passed and now the government has announced a new deadline October 31 2010
Mobile Number Portability or MNP is a service which will allow mobile users to change their mobile operator without having to change their mobile number
Now after so much of delay & controversies Lets see if this new deadline will be met or not
Mobile Number Portability, a service which allows mobile users to move to other operator without changing ther existing mobile number… But when it will launch ???? Many [including me] are fed up thinking when will this become reality..
Most Probably it will again be postponed & new deadline is yet to be announced…
According to Buissness Standard Govt may Postpone MNP to early Nxt Year.
It further says that a senior ministry official said
“BSNL and MTNL are still not ready with their MNP equipment. While MTNL is yet to install gateways, BSNL’s gateway is under installation. This will delay the whole process by 4-6 months and the launch may be pushed to early next year ”
“The new dates will be announced soon. This time, we will ensure the service providers have enough time to get ready for MNP and there is no further extension for its implementation,”
And after installion, operators expected to take upto 2 months to to test the facility among themselves..
The Communications Ministry has directed Telecos to Implement Mobile Number Portability [ MNP ] by September 2010.
Mobile Number Portability which allows Users to change ther Operator without having to change ther Number Could cause serious troubles to Top Operators in the country as they could loose ther High End Users in circles where they dont have 3G Spectrum
New Entrants like Aircel which have been waiting for MNP to bag the high spending users , the chances to get them have just increased as they have got 3G Spectrum in many circles
Airtel could loose in circles like Maharashtra , Gujarat, Kolkata & Kerala,
Vodafone in Karnataka, Kerala & Rajasthan
RCOM in Maharashtra , Gujarat & Uttar Pradesh
Rumours are coming up that June 30 MNP [Mobile Number Portability] Deadline is likely to be missed because Uninor .,Govt ops BSNL.. are not ready with equipment.
DoT may decide a New Deadline in second half of May.
BSNL is yet to install the MNP gateway.
However Uninor’s MNP gateway installation is underway.
MNP Gateway is required Porting between Operators.
Please note this is NOT OFFICIAL
Government has reportedly asked the Mobile Ops to follow the June 30 deadline for Launching Mobile Number Portability [ MNP ] and does not want any more delays. [Hopefully... First govt shud stay to this]
MNP or Mobile Number Portability will allow users to change ther mobile operator without changing ther mobile number
BSNL and MTNL will get the equipment shortly [hopefully..] and would start testing.
Private Operators are said to b already testing their equipment .
Mobile Number Portablilty is now again in trouble . Nothing New It MAY b delayed again.
This time the new dates r going to b som where around JULY.
Yes , Mostly Mobile Number Portability [MNP] will be delayed to JULY
If ur thinking whats this MNP or Mobile Number Portablilty then let me say u its service which will enable or allow Mobile Users to change ther Mobile Operator without changing ther Mobile Number
Mobile Number Portability [ MNP ] a service which would allow users to change their mobile operator without having to change their existing mobile number.
Mobile Number Portability has again been delayed to May-end.
This time the reason is security concerns..
Security concerns has been raised by the home ministry have forced the Foreign Investment Promotion Board [FIPB] to defer its own approval in Feb 2009 to MNP Interconnection Solutions, one of two MNP service providers selected by the DoT.
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service which allows Users to change ther Operator whithout changing their numbers seems to b in Problem again.BSNL May Cause Delay and 7 Days to port a number
The communication ministry and Telecos had worked out that Time To change operator should be raised from current 4 Day to 7 Days
DoT wlll now ask Trai to change existing regulations to allow a seven-day time frame.
But New Operators thinking that 7-day time frame will decrease User Interest in MNP.
PROBLEMS FOR MNP
As the home ministry recommended that the licence given to MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions (MITS), one of the two companies chosen to implement MNP facility in India be revoked on the grounds that the company has operations in Pakistan and this could cause another DELAY. The home ministry has also said that the minority shareholder in the company, Deepak Talwar Consultants, has no experience in running telecom operations and is, therefore, just a front for the US firm.
While Telecom Secretary P J Thomas said that they are confident that the March 31, 2010 deadline would be met by them.
BSNL which is the fourth largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers.
BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal said “We got security clearance for MNP gateway only in February 3 which cause a two-month delay in our preparedness. We have issued the advanced purchase order but supply of equipment, installation and testing would take time till mid-May.. March 31 deadline looks difficult as far as we are concerned”,
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