Category : Industry
Date : Aug-13-2010 12:46
From October 31, the mobile number portability (MNP) will be executed nationwide preventing any more delay said the telecom regulator.Meanwhile, operators should make sure that all inter-operator tests for porting the numbers from a service provider to another are ended before September 1, 2010.This was said by the Department of Telecom (DoT).The DoT, however, told telecom operators that they will be disqualified from launching any new commercial services from September 1.This is in case they are unsuccessful to put into practice MNP as per the scheduled deadline.In the meantime, from September, Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone Essar, Tata Tele, Idea, STel and Aircel are all set to launch high-speed 3G services.Bharat Sanchar Nagar Nigam and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited stated that they are all set with the infrastructure.That is, in order to implement the MNP service.Moreover, the June 30 deadline for the execution of MNP was delayed.This was as the operators were not ready with the infrastructure to offer the service.The MNP, however, was to be put into practice by December 31, 2009 in all the metro cities.It also had to be executed in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.The deadline, however, was then changed to March 31, 2010 and thereafter to June 30, 2010.MNP is a service that permits a mobile user to change his operator while retaining the number.
Date : Aug-13-2010 12:46
From October 31, the mobile number portability (MNP) will be executed nationwide preventing any more delay said the telecom regulator.Meanwhile, operators should make sure that all inter-operator tests for porting the numbers from a service provider to another are ended before September 1, 2010.This was said by the Department of Telecom (DoT).The DoT, however, told telecom operators that they will be disqualified from launching any new commercial services from September 1.This is in case they are unsuccessful to put into practice MNP as per the scheduled deadline.In the meantime, from September, Bharti Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone Essar, Tata Tele, Idea, STel and Aircel are all set to launch high-speed 3G services.Bharat Sanchar Nagar Nigam and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited stated that they are all set with the infrastructure.That is, in order to implement the MNP service.Moreover, the June 30 deadline for the execution of MNP was delayed.This was as the operators were not ready with the infrastructure to offer the service.The MNP, however, was to be put into practice by December 31, 2009 in all the metro cities.It also had to be executed in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.The deadline, however, was then changed to March 31, 2010 and thereafter to June 30, 2010.MNP is a service that permits a mobile user to change his operator while retaining the number.
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