TRAI recommends number portability from April ’07

Category: Government | 1 Comment | Posted on March 9, 2006

Telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended that number portability be made available to all mobile subscribers from April 1, 2007.

Asking the government to mandate all service providers to implement this facility within 12 months, the regulator has also proposed that number portability first be introduced within the service area, before extending it across the country in phases over six months.

The regulator has also proposed that a steering committee consisting of all operators, industry associations and representatives from the telecom engineering centre under its aegis be constituted to work out the details of implementation.

Most mobile operators said the move would increase network costs and force them to divert resources, “leading to serious setbacks in their rollout plans

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