TRAI says "there is no justification for rejecting a porting request on the ground that premium number or vanity number has been given to the customer as the numbering resource is allocated free of charge by the Licensor, who is the owner of the numbering resource and, therefore, the service providers are not justified in putting any condition for retaining premium numbers/vanity numbers under the garb of contractual obligation"
Hence, TRAI directs service providers
'not to reject a request for porting of a mobile number
(a)if outstanding payment due from the subscriber, in the previous paid bill is less than Rs. 10 which the service provider may include in the subsequent bill of the subscriber without any penal charges; and
(b)on the ground of subsisting contractual obligation except in the case of,--
the postpaid connection with bundled handset with contractual obligation having exit clause and the subscriber has not compiled with the same; and
corporate connection with contractual obligation having exit clause and the subscriber has not compiled with the same
'
http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/Directives/146/Direction_page.pdf
Kudos to TRAI
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