Keep your mobile number anywhere in the country

May 19, 2015 18:10
Keep your mobile number anywhere in the country

A major roadblock, prefixing of ‘0’ or ‘+91’ for STD calls, to implementing full mobile number portability (MNP) across the country has been removed. Several telecom operators have simplified the process of dialling STD, mobile numbers in the country. Until now, calling mobile numbers registered and situated outside one's home network would require adding '0' or '+91' as a prefix. Now that is being removed, which will help in full mobile number portability.

Customers can now call any mobile number in the country without adding any prefix. Full MNP allows subscribers to change their telecom operator without changing their mobile number, anywhere in the country. It will now allow you to move from Delhi to Bangalore and port your mobile number from a Delhi-based operator to one based in Bangalore.

This mobile number portability is very much helpful for the people who gets transferred from one place to another. Now they can keep the same number wherever they are transferred. This will help them to maintain the connectivity with the people with ease. There is no need to inform the new number whenever they get transferred to another circle.

Telecom industry body COAI had sought an extension of the government's May 3 deadline for implementing MNP, citing the need to make technical changes to the networks. This involves changing the national numbering plan (NNP). Changes to the NNP is what have led to the removal of the prefix which is required to dial outstation mobile numbers. Previously, operators can distinguish between local and STD numbers, now all numbers have the same dialling pattern.

Now, you need not differentiate while dialing local and STD numbers. Mobile phones subscribers will now be able to dial any STD number without prefixing either ‘0’ or ‘+91’. Many telecom companies have already implemented this, while others will follow suit soon. The nationwide MNP will work similar to the local MNP. The subscribers will be allowed to retain their mobile numbers, even when they move to another state within the country. The procedure will be similar to what is currently applying for the local MNP.

By Premji

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