Telecom regulator TRAI today recommended full mobile number portability within six months. If implemented, this would mean you can keep your mobile number same but switch to any operator, even if that operator does not operate in your telecom circle. As of now, number portability is only partial, since anyone wanting to change operator must choose between only those operators which are present in his circle. For example, if a subscriber belongs to Andhra Pradesh circle, he can port his mobile number to any operator of his choice within Andhra Pradesh circle only as of now. Whenever a subscriber changes his circle, he needs to acquire a new mobile number of that circle, otherwise he will be under roaming, inviting higher call charges than a normal subscriber. If what TRAI says is implemented completely, it would mean acceptance of a porting request by the Recipient Operator (the operator you want to switch to) from a mobile number belonging to any of the circles of the country, irrespective of the fact that the circle from where the subscriber is porting his mobile number and the circle to which he wants to port his number belong to the same or different porting zones.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 04:47:22 +0000
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