Telecom Commission approves full MNP

Inching closer to the new government’s vision of ‘one number, one nation’, the Telecom Commission in its first meet gave in-principal approval to full Mobile Number Portability (MNP).

Full mobile number portability will allow subscribers to retain their numbers even if they move on to any other part of the country. Currently, it is confined to the same service area only. A subscriber needs to have separate mobile number if he moves to some other state or else s/he needs to pay roaming charges.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI, has suggested that operators should be given six months from the date of approval of full portability for making the requisite changes.

At he same meeting, the Telecom Commission also cleared government user network (GUN) over the National Optical Fibre Network which will provide broadband connectivity to 2.5 lakh gram panchayats by March 2017.