Now Change Telecom Operators Without Losing Your Mobile Number

After years of delays, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was made available all over India from January 20. Now you can dump your phone company and move to a better one, while retaining your present number. To shift, send an SMS from your phone to 1900. Your present company will reply with a unique porting code. Use that code while filling out a detailed form for the company you want to shift to. Within 48 hours, that company will take over all your cell services. The fees, about Rupees 19. Your cell number will be switched off for only one hour. All bills after that, are paid to your new company. You'll be stuck with them for at least 50 days before you can shift again, so choose with care. While you can shift from a GSM service to CDMA or vice versa, you cannot shift from one state to another. If you do, roaming kicks in, just like it does right now. You can use number portability for any post-paid as well as prepaid number. In case of a post-paid number, there shouldn't be any dues. For a prepaid number, carry forward of any balance to the new service provider is not permitted. When you port your number, you also need to change your SIM.

Now then, with MNP kicking in, will you change your mobile operator? Do let us know at http://linkd.in/ibIs3w.