Number Portability soon in India

Coming September Indian telecom users will witness yet another feature from the Telcos – this time it’s the Number Portability!

In March this year, Syniverse Technologies and MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions, a joint venture company by Telcordia Technologies, were awarded this license for a period of 10 years.

So what’s Number Portability?

Mobile subscribers will have an option to switch between different mobile operators to get better quality/tariff and still retain their number. "It will be a very strong weapon for the subscribers", says Sanjay Kasturia, Country Manager of Syniverse. According to Kasturia, the subscribers will benefit from the improvised service offered by the operators to retain their subscribers.

Such a service will have great impact on the already competitive telecom market. With over 370 million subscribers and growing, it’s surely

A welcome service to each subscriber of India. The service will be implemented in six months in New Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat, and the Maharashtra circles, which is the first phase. The rest of the seven circles will be covered in the second phase.

Now you can stop complaining about the bad coverage or even a bad data tariff provided from your operator by simply changing the operator and still not fearing to lose your contacts.

Being a part of the world’s fastest growing country for telecom is always a great feeling! Let us all benefit from it and be proud subscriber.

Thanks to Saral Gupta for this informative article.