Mobile Number Portability In India Is A Big Joke

Mobile number portability as you all know is a way by which you can change your cell phone carrier without changing your cell phone number . So for example you can move from airtel to vodafone without changing your cell phone number . I have been closely following this news as i am looking forward to change my cell phone carrier.

Unfortunately for everyone here in India it isn't looking good at all . The Mobile number portability service was initially supposed to start in january 2010. But then later got postponed to march 2010 because BSNL and MTNL were supposedly not ready yet . But March came and March went , no MNP yet :( . MNP was further postponed to june 30th 2010 . So as of now it seems like june 30th would be the day when mobile number portability would come into service in India.


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There are rumours that it could be further postponed to September 2010 because the 3G auction supposedly delayed the MNP process . There is no official word on this though , i really hope that this isn't true. TRAI has been playing around since the beginning of this year . Its been 6 months now and we see no signs of MNP . I really don't understand why such an organization cannot just give an accurate date and make sure that it is enforced on that day . Postponing the date 2-3 times is just very frustrating.

MNP will definitely make a huge impact in the cell phone provider market . A lot of new offers would definitely be expected and so will a small drop in tariff as every provider would want their customers to stick to their service .
Its going to be interesting to see how this goes . As of now it looks like June 30th 2010 but who knows it could well be September 30 2010 !!