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New mobile number portability rules and process in India: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently announced somes changes in the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) rules to make the entire process easier for the customers. The new rules announced by TRAI has sped up the process for porting number from one operator to another. Everything you need to know follows:
New Mobile Number Portability rules: Fast process
TRAI has now sped up the process for mobile users to shift (or port) to new telecom service providers. Now, this will be done within two days of porting within the same circle and four days if moving from one circle to another. Representational Image: Pixabay
New Mobile Number Portability rules: UPC validity
TRAI has reduced the validity of the unique porting code (UPC) to four days from 15 days, except for in J&K, Assam and North East. Representational Image: Pixabay
New Mobile Number Portability rules: Withdrawal process
The process for withdrawal of porting requests has also been made simple by Trai. Representational Image: Pixabay
New Mobile Number Portability rules: Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2018
New Mobile Number Portability rules: The amendment regulation says, ""Porting timeline of 2 working days has been provisioned for the requests of Intra-Licensed Service Area (Intra-LSA) numbers except the requests made under corporate category and the timelines of 4 working days has been provisioned for all the porting requests of Inter-Licensed Service Area (Inter-LSA) numbers and corporate category." Representational Image: Pixabay
New Mobile Number Portability rules: Corporate porting
Present limit of 50 numbers in single authorization letter has been enhanced to 100 numbers per authorization letter. Representational Image: Pixabay