It was a great experience being Invited to the Mobile Number Portability Conference held in Rohtak, Haryana!
It was held in presence of Kapil Sibal ji (Telecom Minister), Sachin Pilot ji (Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology), Ch. Bhupender Singh Hooda (Chief Minister, Haryana), Deepender Singh Hooda ji (Member Of Parliament, Haryana), Shaadi Lal Batra ji (Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha), Chairman TRAI, Chairman DoT and others.
There was a brief description regarding the MNP by Chairman TRAI and Chairman DoT as well as few words by Sibal ji and Sachin Pilot ji.
1. 25-11-2010, MNP has Begun in Haryana with all the network providers.
2. 20-01-2011, MNP will be implemented Pan India- Kapil Sibal ji.
3. 2 Companies are appointed for implementing MNP, dividing them in Zone1 and Zone2 (Syniverse and Telcordia's MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions)
4. It will be 7 days process.
5. MDN will unusable just for 2 hours.
6. All dues should be clear at the time of MNP.
7. A Maximum of Rs. 19/= can be charged by the network provider.
8. Inter-State MNP will be given a thought ( Personal Interaction with Sibal ji )
9. CDMA to GSM and GSM to CDMA is possible ( Personal Interaction with Sibal ji )
It took USA 4 years to implement MNP completely after 2 extensions asked by the network providers on which, at last, Verizon asked not to implement it at all as it was a very difficult project.
It took just 1.5 years for TRAI/DoT to implement it in India.