Saturday, 26 October 2013

Over 100 million Indians use mobile portability - Times of India

MUMBAI: Even as mobile phone users await the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's implementation of mobile portability across the country, local portability that has been introduced in some circles since 2010 has garnered over 100 million applications.

Data released by the ministry of communications and information technology shows that about 100 million subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile number (MNP requests) till the end of August 2013.

Rajasthan drove the demand in the north and western zone with 9.85 million requests till date followed by Gujarat(about 8.67 million). Meanwhile, in the Southern & Eastern belts, the maximum number of requests were received in Karnataka (about 11.65 million) followed by Andhra Pradesh Service area (about 9.08 million).

Mobile number portability was launched as a pilot in November 2010 and was subsequently extended throughout the country on January 20, 2011.

Portability throughout the country was announced as part of a new telecom policy in 2012 and still awaits implementation.

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