Yes the news is true. This news is for people living in India, using Indian mobile numbers. If you read the todays newspaper, I am sure you must have come across this news.
People in India will soon be able to change their service providers while retaining their numbers. Telecom regulator Trai on issued regulations that will govern telecom mobile number portability (MNP) when it is launched in metros on December 31 and in the rest of the country by March 20, 2010.
Irrespective of the mobile technology and service provider you are using, you will get flexibility of retaining your number even if you switch service provider. Many a times, you get a good deal from a new provider say Vodafone but you are using Airtel. Now you dont want to leave your number (as you are using for long time, and people have your this number only), MNP allows you to do the same. Change your provider and keep your number same. This way gets more benifits, enjoy better deal. More options to the users. Consumer is the king !!
This will help to increase competition between service providers, catalysing improved quality of service and cheaper phone call rates.
While mobile number portability will be available only within a given licensed service area, however, if a number is already ported once, the number can be ported again only after 90 days from the date of the previous porting. Nice move by TRAI.
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