Yesterday the porting of my secondary number (9434353637 of BSNL) to MTS was completed successfully. It was a smooth procedure. Everything took place without any problem. A couple of days back I was called by an executive of BSNL from Kolkata who was trying to convice me to stay back with them.
Reasons for Porting -
Better tariff, better call quality (BSNL signal is omnipresent but the call quality is dismal), and of course the cheapest EVDO.
MTS gives full talk-time on a good number of recharges; SMS packs are attractive; Calling to Bangladesh is much cheaper with 3 different vouchers, so more flexibility.
Benefits that I see of the new service provider -
1. Full talk time recharges. Main balance plus pool balance to be exhausted in a month.
2. 1p/2sec local calls for a year with Rs. 95 recharge (with the MNP, this came as a free gift for the first year)
3. Best EVDO rates: 2GB for Rs. 97 and 6GB for Rs. 147. I'm using it for skype video calls, live TV, streaming radio, g-talk, Nimbuzz VOIP calls etc.
Porting Experience -
1. Generated UPC on 19th Jan 2012
2. Went to MTS franchisee on 19th and submitted documents, filled forms for MNP.
3. Received the message on 25th Jan that my number would be ported out at 00:00 hrs of 26th, i.e. today's midnight to MTS. Two hours before that my number would be inactive.
4. All happened smoothly.
4. 26th Jan in the morning, I received the welcome SMS from MTS.
5. After recharge of Rs. 105 I got Rs. 20 main balance and Rs. 95 pool balance (for 30 days), along with 1p/2sec tariff activation.
6. I sent SMS to 51230 for High Speed Data activation and received back the confirmation. Checked and found that the EVDO is working flawlessly.
7. Sent SMS to all of my friends in my contact list who uses BSNL connection and used to call me @10p/min (on-net call of BSNL).
Enjoying this on Incredible 2.