Changing
service providers for mobile networks without changing the mobile number was
not possible in India until a new amendment was rolled out recently. It is
indeed a great news for those of the people who may have to move over to other
states of the country as they need not bother to buy a new number from a
different service provider altogether. This being an act of Mobile number
portability (MNP) will be of great help to people who relocate to a different
geographical area within the country.
The TRAI
(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has announced the release of the above
feature by May 2015. It is from then when people can start using their same
number even if the service provider is different and from a different service
provider (the telecom circles vary with states). The feature works on the basis
of differentiating the two service providers as donor and recipient operators.
The donor
operator (the one whose network is opted out by the subscriber) will give a
notice within 30 days of application for the payment of outstanding bills. When
once these are settled by the subscriber, the operator will raise no objection
against porting to another service provider. If the donor operator does not
issue a notice within the first 60 days, then it is not entitled to issue a
notice for nonpayment of the outstanding bills.
With the
settlement of the previous bills, the subscriber will have the privilege of
porting to the new operator known as the recipient operator. If the subscriber
is seen to have not fulfilled his commitments with the donor, then the
recipient operator will have all the rights to disapprove the application.
Hence, the whole process is linked in such a way as to make the process
smoother under all aspects.The new
amendment is of great help to those users shifting between states of India.
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