The Most Awaited MNP Finally Introduced!

[SumitVerma 187]

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.

Edited November 25, 2010 by SumitVerma

[rajanmehta 4,056]

Sumitbhai Live On the Place reporting ke liye Dhanyavad!! Fantastic. +1 For you mate.

On a sidenote abhi Burkha Dutt aur Vir Sanghavi ke naam kharab ho gaye hai. Journalist ho sakte ho

[parin 857]

Is it both for prepaid & postpaid

[SumitVerma 187]

^

For both Pre-paid and Post-paid!

[parin 857]

Thats gr8

[kesav 127]

+1 to Sumit.

Thanks for live report and also for sharing your personal interactions with Sibal.

Thanks again !!

:clap:

Now, we've to concentrate on 2 more critical points looking forward.

(1) No slippage in the date of 20.1.2011 for pan-India roll-out

(2) Inter-circle MNP within this fiscal(31.3.2011)

[SumitVerma 187]

^

He strongly forced on the date 20-01-2011.

Its not going to be delayed as both Sibal ji and Sachin Pilot is keen to launch it nationwide asap.

[Honest 836]

+1 dear Sumit Brother.

Really good to see that someone from Rimweb family was present there at the inauguration ceremony of MNP.

[ramtech 47]

Again need to wait for 2 more months.It means operator are getting 2 more months.

really sad.

I have taken aircel postpaid number without using i am paying 300rs for 5 months without using it just because i liked the number and i want to shift to RGSM the moment MNP Comes.

Now i have to pay 2 more months rental unnecesarily

Edited November 26, 2010 by ramtech

[Saurav 22]

Why are we looking for

Inter-State MNP

Can't it be 1 India 1 nation, No ROAMING Charges & No STD

[Honest 836]

^^^

The country is divided onto two geographical sectors for ease of implementing the MNP. These two zones are then divided into 11 service areas.

The master database will be managed by a third party firm. For zone I, Syniverse has been appointed with the MNP and related issues while for zone II, it is Telcordia.

[kesav 127]

Again need to wait for 2 more months.It means operator are getting 2 more months.

really sad.

I have taken aircel postpaid number with using i am paying 300rs for 5 months without using it just because i liked the number and i want to shift to RGSM the moment MNP Comes.

Now i have to pay 2 more months rental unnecesarily

No No....

20.1.2011 is the date on which 22nd circle will get MNP.

MNP will be introduced circle by circle every alternate working day.

May be we'll get the time table from DoT/TRAI today.

The mobile number portability (MNP) will be launched across India by January 20, 2011. For orderly technical migration of complex interconnected networks, each of the remaining service areas will be migrated one by one on alternate days. This will enable simultaneous validation of technical parameters and removal of any problems arising from migration activity to ensure successful and smooth migration of a service area. Migration activities will not take place during the festival season at the end of December, 2010.

source :: http://telecomtalk.info/mobile-number-portability-launched-in-haryana-pan-india-by-january-20/49150/

Edited November 25, 2010 by kesav

[kesav 127]

Just I had a spark. Thought of sharing with you guys to get feedback.

Why can't we move the functions of mobile number allocation and user verification to MNP operators?

(1) New subscriber has to get the mobile number from their zonal MNP operator

(2) MNP operator to verify the documents and allot the number

(3) Thus alloted number to be provided to the service provider for programming on to their virgin SIM

(4) DoT has to deal only with 2 MNP operators for user verification instead of dealing with 20 mobile operators nation-wide

(5) Changing mobile operator will become very easy since there'll be no need for user verification by recipient mobile operator

(6) Mobile numbers which are national resources will not get unnecessarily wasted due to fake activations and fake reporting by mobile operators

There'll be a mammoth initial step of moving all currently active subscribers' documents & information to MNP operators' database and storage space.

It can also be done effectively if we go for standardized scanning of all documents & photographs and moving only the electronic data to the MNP operator.

I feel it's a worthy step forward.

Edited November 25, 2010 by kesav

[Karthik R 246]

Kesav, the MNP operator like Telecordia does not even have passive infrastructure in any of the states. While the all the telecom operators are having Customer Relationship Points in all major cities. So they are better equipped to handle these the CAF and other documents that the porting subscriber have to submit Also any query by user about the porting operator's plans and policies could be satisfactorily answered by the operator himself.

[sougatadc 358]

Great, Sumit ji, you raised my hope.

[dkaile 1,051]

[sgiitk 32]

They say that the roll out will be complete by 20th January!. Fantastic news.

[kesav 127]

Kesav, the MNP operator like Telecordia does not even have passive infrastructure in any of the states. While the all the telecom operators are having Customer Relationship Points in all major cities. So they are better equipped to handle these the CAF and other documents that the porting subscriber have to submit Also any query by user about the porting operator's plans and policies could be satisfactorily answered by the operator himself.

Dear Karthik, MNP operator has their own infrastructure which is different from mobile operator. In my post, I said MNP operator will issue only mobile number without service so there's no question of MNP operator talking about any offers or schemes to subscriber. Subscriber has to approach the mobile operator of his liking for provisioning of service after he gets the number from MNP operator.

[ARJUN.SM 0]

The MNP is so privileged as the packages or the offers cdma&gsm netwprks are providing is completely different from each other.thank sumit for the information.

[getsmack 1]

In Maharashtra MNP is starting from 4th Dec'10

Source: Reliance customer care (got a call from them, updated about the launch & said I can switch between RCDMA & RGSM.

They sound hell scared! It's high time for RGSM to update there network quality.

Edited November 26, 2010 by getsmack

[chitshar 25]

Anybody knows when it will be launched in Delhi?

UPDATE: I just called reliance customer care they told me mnp is coming to Delhi from 11th dec and i also asked about Bihar circle it is coming from 19th dec. The customer care person was so polite in answering my queries that i was amazed. People please call and ask about your circle and update us and then we will have entire mnp schedule.

Edited November 26, 2010 by chitshar

[Saurav 22]

Any update for Punjab.

[Honest 836]

The customer care person was so polite in answering my queries that i was amazed.

Kyu nahi hongey polite customer care waley ????

Afterall you were querring about MNP. They are already OVERBURDENED and wants to reduce this burden at the earliest.

Toh brother wo chahte hain ke aap jald se jald unka bojh halka kar dein.

[rajanmehta 4,056]

MNP launching in Mumbai on 7th December 2010. Confirmed From Reliance Customer Care. And Yes, i too was damn surprised by the polite tone and instant reply.

Sau Din Saske, Ek Din Bahu Ka

[ashish_1985 13]

Day before yesterday i ported my vodafone number by sending sms to 1900,yesterday i got a call frm vodafone feedback department asking me the reason as to why i want to switch to another operator,i told them tht sms pack is very expensive as compared to other operators.