Mobile Number Portability delayed again – Shame on BSNL, MTNL – for God’s sake.. implement MNP faster!
By Manoj Govindassamy at 1 July, 2010, 2:10 pm
October 31, 2010 — “yet to be delayed” deadline for Mobile Number Portability… And, many a times, the reason given out for the deadline extension was – “few telecom operators aren’t technically ready for MNP”….The few operators who are not technically ready are none other than our state run telecoms – BSNL and MTNL….If MNP were implemented earlier, high paying customers would jump easily to telecom operators with 3G spectrum license and most of the telecom companies don’t want that to happen…
Read More >>Mobile Number Portability delayed again, again and again – now, by June 30
By Muruganandham Krishnan at 4 April, 2010, 8:25 pm
Here is the bad news for Mobile Service users who are waiting for the Mobile Number Portability (MNP). India has pushed the implementation of MNP across all the telecom circles to a delay of some more months from the earlier deadline of March 31, 2010 and it is now expected to be implemented by June [...]
Read More >>Mobile Number portability will be possible by May: Telecordia to do it
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 9 March, 2010, 10:52 am
Mobile number portability has been a key focus article in moneymint and we have been tracking its various developments here, here, here and here. Now the latest news is that Telecordia, the US based telecom solution has got the nod from the Govt. especially the home ministry to set up its shop in India. As [...]
Read More >>Mobile Number Portability (MNP) project delayed – DoT sets new deadline March 31, 2010 – More concerns on Telecordia
By Manoj Govindassamy at 18 January, 2010, 3:12 pm
The much awaited Telecom project – Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has got delayed and Department Of Telecommunications (DoT) has set a new deadline as March 31, 2010…. Yes, at Rs.19/- you will be able to hop between the telecom providers of your wish and even between CDMA plans to GSM plans.This project is suppose to drive telecom providers in improving the quality of service to retain their customers. It will also marginally reduce tariffs in areas where there is insufficient price competition such as international roaming, value added services etc.The first segment that new entrants like Uninor, MTS and few others will target as soon as number portability is launched is the elite set of postpaid subscribers of existing operators like Bharti, Vodafone, Idea, Aircel, BSNL and Reliance…. There is already concerns over Telecordia as it has operation in Pakistan also and it has majority governing ( as Telecordia’s partner Deepak Talwar Consultants does not have any expertise in the telecom sector) in the Indian MNP project also….
Read More >>Mobile number portability to cost only 19 Rs
By Natraj Muthukrishnan at 23 November, 2009, 9:33 pm
No more tolerating poor networks and poor customer service just because you want to save the fancy mobile number or the lucky mobile number which you have given to all. Number portability is here. As per the announcement from TRAI, this scheme will be available to subscribers from Dec 31 2009. The good news is [...]
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