Mobile Number Portability from May 3, TRAI Amends Regulation

February 26, 2015November 12, 2018 B M 0 Comments

25 Feb, New Delhi

Mobile subscribers from May 3rd, will be able to port their numbers anywhere in the country while changing service providers. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI has amended the regulation on it.

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) currently allows consumers to change their service provider while retaining the same number only within a telecom circle, which in most cases, is limited to a State.

In a statement TRAI said that it has issued sixth amendment to the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulation, 2009, which will facilitate full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in the country.

The Department of Telecom had on 3rd November, issued amendments to
MNP licence agreement stating that MNP is to be implemented across the country within a period of six months from the date of amendment of the licences.