Google has officially announced the availability of Number Porting to their Voice service. Users who want to use their long-time phone numbers as their Google Voice number can do so now by paying a porting charge of $20. Google says the porting is generally completed within 24 hours and although it will allow users […]
MNP goes live in India
Let’s be honest here – we’ve given our fair share of cusses to our operators who’ve taken its subscribers for granted. The only thing that kept consumers tolerating was the fear of losing their number, until now that is. Mobile Number Portability aka MNP that was available in Haryana is now available nationwide, which […]
MNP finally launched in Haryana, rest of India to get on Jan 20 2011
Well, here it is. After a series of delays Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has been launched in Haryana. Starting today, subscribers in Haryana will be able to change their cellular operators without needing to change their phone number. Consumers can easily change their operator by sending a message “Port ” to 1900 to receive […]
Mobile Number Portability delayed till Nov 25
This shouldn’t come as a surprise but the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has again delayed the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP). MNP that was scheduled to go live today has now been pushed to November 25 and will be launched initially in Haryana. For the uninitiated, MNP is a service that will allow […]
Mobile Number Portability set to come from October 31
When repeated requests don’t work, Indian telecom ministry has to resort to carrot and stick method. TRAI’s Chairman, JS Sharma has said that Mobile Number Portability (MNP) services will be implemented nationwide from October 31. What if it gets delayed just like previous times? Sharma says there will be no further delay because if […]
Mobile Number Portability delayed till October 31
Indian mobile subscribers if you’ve been waiting to switch your number to different operator, you’ll have to wait till October. Telecom ministry announced to delay the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) implementation until October 31 because the operators are not ready yet. “The government has taken the decision after reviewing the readiness of the various […]
Mobile Number Portability pushed back to June 30
Indian consumers waiting to switch their cellular operators will have to wait few months more. The Government has delayed (yet again!) the launch of Mobile Number Portability that would allow users to change the operator without losing their number. The MNP was to be implemented today but since concerned operators failed to complete the […]
Mobile Number Portability set to come on Sept. 20
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has finally put all the rumors to rest regarding Mobile Number Portability (MNP). The MNP service is slated to start on September 20 in Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Kolkata, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Rest of the country will get it by March 20, 2010. Another piece […]