1.7 Indians Take Advantage of MNP During Initial Weeks

Published on: 1st Jan 1970: 1:33am

­India's telecoms regulator, the TRAI says that just over 1.7 million subscribers had taken advantage of Mobile Number Portability (MNP). The data covers the time frame between 20th January and 5th February.

Out of these requests, around 229,000 pertains to Haryana Service area where MNP was implemented on a trial basis late last year.

In rest of the country, in Zone-I (Northern & Western Region) maximum number of requests have been received in Gujarat (167,000) followed by Rajasthan (144,000) whereas in MNP Zone-II (Southern & Eastern Region) maximum number of requests have been received in Karnataka (116,000) followed by Tamilnadu service area (114,000).

TRAI is constantly monitoring the implementation of MNP in the country. Based on the complaints and feedback received, TRAI has instructed the service providers to strictly comply with the provisions of MNP Regulations. It has been noted that certain port-in requests were rejected by the service providers. The major reasons for rejections are - incorrect Unique Porting Code submitted by subscriber in the porting form, non-completion of 90 days from the date of activation of mobile number, existing contractual obligation and non-payment of outstanding bill.

 

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