Mobile Number Portability Service

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  TRAI Orders Non-Discrimination in MNP Offers, Asks Telcos to Not Introduce Differential Tariffs

  TRAI has released a new order directing telecom service providers to ensure compliance of its regulations in respect to non-discrimination in tariff offerings. This comes after it received several complaints from MNPs regarding differential tariffs via MNP offers.

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  Jio, Airtel, Vi No Longer Provide SMS Benefits With Low-Value Prepaid Recharge Plans

  Jio, Airtel, and Vi (formerly Vodafone Idea) have updated their entry-level plans to no longer offer SMS benefits. It will be a major blow to low-paying customers for whom outgoing SMS messages meant easy access to facilities like mobile number portability (MNP), as well as SMS-based access to services including unified payments interface (UPI).

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  How to Switch Airtel Numbers Interstate When Moving in India

  Airtel provides services all over the country with a host of prepaid and postpaid connection options. In case you are moving to a different city within the country and want to switch your Airtel number to that city, you will need to physically go to the store.

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  TRAI Gives Telcos September 30 Deadline for Revised MNP Norms

  TRAI has extended, by over three months to September 30, the timeline for implementation of revised Mobile Number Portability (MNP) norms,

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  TRAI Speeds Up Process of Mobile Number Portability

  TRAI amended the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) regulations to ease and quicken the process of portability.

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  TRAI Proposes to Cut Mobile Number Portability Processing Time to 2 Days

  TRAI has proposed a penalty of Rs. 5,000 in each case where service providers contravene with set timelines and Rs. 10,000 for "each wrongful rejection" of porting requests by an operator.

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  TRAI Issues Consultation Paper on Revamping MNP

  TRAI on Friday issued a consultation paper to review the mobile number portability process to resolve inconveniences being faced by customers.

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  TRAI Asks Aircel to Generate UPC to Facilitate Mobile Number Portability

  TRAI issued a directive asking Aircel to generate Unique Port Code (UPC) that would facilitate mobile number portability (MNP).

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  TRAI Slashes Mobile Number Portability Charges From Rs. 19 to Rs. 4

  The TRAI arrived at the decision after taking into consideration the comments received from the industry stakeholders.

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  TRAI Slashes Mobile Number Portability Charges To Rs 4 From Rs 19

  TRAI arrived at the decision after taking into consideration the comments received from the industry stakeholders.

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  Nearly 1.2 Billion Telecom Subscribers by the End of March, Says TRAI

  During the month of March, a total of 6.03 million requests were received for mobile number portability (MNP).

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  Nationwide Mobile Number Portability Will Enhance Customer Satisfaction: COAI

  The COAI represents seven of the largest mobile service operators and the majority of telecom equipment manufacturers.

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  'Full Mobile Number Portability to Empower People, Improve Services'

  Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was commenting on the launch of nationwide MNP on Friday.

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  Pan-India Mobile Number Portability From May 3: Trai

  Now users while shifting from one circle to another can retain the same mobile number while selecting a different service provider.

• 100 Million Mobile Subscribers Change Telecom Networks

  Around 100 million mobile subscribers, about 11 per cent of the country's cellphone services customer base, have ported their numbers since the MNP (Mobile Number Portability) facility was introduced nationwide over three years ago.