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Change Mobile Phone Operator But Retain Your Number
By: IANS   |   Aug 01, 2008
Mobile phone subscribers who are dissatisfied with the quality of service will soon get a respite - they can not only change the operator but also retain their existing numbers by paying a nominal fee.

Communications Minister A. Raja Friday announced the guidelines for selecting two companies that will act as clearing houses to facilitate the change of mobile phone operators by subscribers - also called mobile number portability.

"We will start working out the process for mobile number portability in the next two months. It would come into place in the metros by March or so," Raja told a press conference here.

"We have also finalised the schedule for extending number portability across all circles by September 2009 - one year from the grant of licence," he said, adding that the country would be divided into two zones of 11 circles each for the purpose. 
 
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but service in india has gone from bad to worse!think about getting manual settings for gprs because this people sometimes dont have auto settings for handsets released before few months,amazing!what will switching help?it says 2 days but sometimes takes weeks to clear procedures!
yusuf @ Aug 04, 2008
Big deal?
Initially they gonna provide only top notch operators this facility .
and they usually plan out new strategy to keep there cash register ringing. It wil take 2 days to switch number .......mmmm
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munish @ Aug 04, 2008
It is an very good plan ,competition makes good service
Ravi @ Aug 03, 2008
it is a very good news. we need not stick to one service provider& there is lot of monopoly in it. oncethis scheme comes the service provider will give better service
drabdulkader @ Aug 02, 2008
does this number portability apply to both GSM and CDMA numbers
sathya vagale @ Aug 02, 2008
Thats a really welcome move! This ensures that people are not sticking to a annoying service provider just because they have been using the mobile number for a while.
Siva @ Aug 01, 2008
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