Uninor To Shut Down GSM Operations in Kolkata and West Bengal Circles, Asking Customers To Port Out Before 18 January

Uninor, the GSM mobile service brand of Telenor which currently operates in 9 circles, and won back 6 of these 9 circles in the recent spectrum auction has has now openly asked its customers in Kolkata and West Bengal to Port Out from its Network to any other service provider using Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in respective circles.

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Uninor currently operates in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh – East and West, Kolkata, West Bengal, Andra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharastra and Mumbai. In the recent auction of 1800MHz airwave Uninor won back just 6 circles and failed to get spectrum and license for Kolkata, Mumbai and West Bengal.

According to Telecor’s officail statement ” The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India had quashed Uninor’s licenses through its order on February 2, 2012. Uninor will have to stop its operations in the 2 circles of Kolkata and West Bengal on January 19, 2013.”

As of now GSM Operations in the Mumbai circle are continuing as Telenor Group evaluates the possibility of participating in the second auction for spectrum in Mumbai indicated by the Indian authorities till the 18th January, 2013.

The company issued a public notice to all its customers in Kolkata and West Bengal requesting them to exhaust their balance by January 18, 2013 and utilise mobile number portability to port out to any other operator of choice.

Uninor operations in twelve other circles where minimal obligatory rollout had been conducted to meet the license conditions will also cease on January 19, 2013 resulting from the same Supreme Court order.

Porting out (MNP Process) simplified for Uninor customers in Kolkata and West Bengal:

In the 2 circles of Kolkata and West Bengal, Uninor has a total subscriber base of 5.6 million. The company has now further strengthened its MNP code generation processes for customers in these circles.Uninor has also dropped the 90-day lock in to allow customers to port-out even if they have taken up a Uninor subscription less than 90 days ago.

Text SMS’es will be sent to all customers in Kolkata and West Bengal, encouraging them to exhaust their balance and port out to an operator of choice. MNP will also be recommended to customers in the 2 circles through

IVRs on all customer service help lines as well.

The company has suspended the supply of any new SIM cards and recharges in Kolkata and West Bengal circles with immediate effect, as per the license guidelines.

Roaming agreement will be signed :
In all circles where Uninor services will no longer be available after January 18, 2013, the company will make a roaming arrangement to ensure that Uninor customers from the circles where services continue will be able to seamlessly use their Uninor connection while travelling to any other state anywhere in India.

Rahul Kamble February 21, 2013 at 3:34 pm

Hello. Dis is Rahul n i just wants to knw dat How i can port my nub.. now my sim card is not running its getting some error and i couldn’t reqsed for MNP and i really wants to port out my nub to Tata docomo. n i’m from mumbai so tell me dat how i can port my nub.. plz help mee..

Amit ghosh February 20, 2013 at 9:36 am

Please come back soon uninor in west bengal. We miss you uninor

SS February 10, 2013 at 9:32 pm

Uninor has good tariff plans but poor coverage. whenever you enter a rural area or some places in the city, the signal goes off!. Infact uninor works better on roaming on IDEA network outside home circle because we could get good signal!

Subhrajyati ball January 20, 2013 at 12:27 am

I miss u uninor.uninor is one of best compani.we want uninor

Kaushik Roy January 19, 2013 at 9:48 am

UNINOR STILL CONTINUING SERVICE IN KOLKATA
I AM GETTING FULL SIGNAL OF UNINOR
MAY BE UPTO FEB 4TH THEY WILL CONTINUE

Parthapratim Chatterjee January 18, 2013 at 10:00 pm

i miss u uninor… plz cm bck

Kaushik Roy January 18, 2013 at 9:09 pm

170 minute left for Uninor in Kolkata

Kaushik Roy January 14, 2013 at 5:20 pm

Is any new sign board or advertisement of Telenor India – Telewings is available in the six circles where Telenor won spectrum ?
So far telewings website is not available

Jackdish January 7, 2013 at 6:14 pm

uninor is Muster planner in india.. also low network but good Business.. short time many customers…
uninor ideas india what’s wanted we give u. thats concept, same like a YSR Congress..

joy January 5, 2013 at 12:21 pm

which operator is now offering the best night pack and unlimited pack after uninor???
uninor offered it at rs. 12 and 92 respectively.
i dont think any othr operator will be better than uninor ever in kolkata and west bengal.for those who got service will always say uninor was and will be the best we could ever get!!!! thank u uninor….hope u retrn back soon with a bang!!!!! will miss u:-(

AMIT KUMAR DAS January 2, 2013 at 9:07 pm

Why the validity of the UPC code is restricted to 02-01-2013 and not extending from today. How will we port now?
Without extended validity of UPC code we, the customers of kolkata circle will not be able to port out to other operators.

Anirban Das January 19, 2013 at 12:05 pm

Dear, it is in MM/DD/YYYY format, if we write in normal DD/MM/YY format, it is simply 01/02(FEB)/2013 . DON’T Worry, GO and PORT out !!!!!

rajesh January 2, 2013 at 11:55 am

i love uninor very much itis gud network to comepar aircel network itis best then 80%

Kaushik Roy January 1, 2013 at 8:34 pm

When I tried to call any kolkata idea number from my kolkata uninor number its playing advertisement of idea in uninor number for MNP
what an idea sirjee !!!!!

Sangeeta Pandey December 26, 2012 at 11:07 am

its really tata docomo & uninor shutdown from january2013

Jagannath January 2, 2013 at 9:55 am

In west bengal and kolkata circle only Uninor is shutting down it’s service. All other operatore still doing continue it well. Even Mts is still going on. Not Tata Docomo.

Kousik mondal December 22, 2012 at 6:36 pm

I am very sad beacuse my faverite compani is locked.i miss you uninor

Ujjal Ghosh December 21, 2012 at 8:04 pm

Good work, East to West Reliance is the Best, I Love Reliance.

somnath December 21, 2012 at 2:27 pm

miss u uninor

sajal December 20, 2012 at 4:33 pm

Miss u uninor.

Kartik paul December 18, 2012 at 9:13 pm

I miss u uninor

sunny December 18, 2012 at 8:19 pm

come to BSNL it will never leave u like this

Arjun Chandrashekar December 19, 2012 at 10:17 am

BSNL in Simple Words, Best Network Coverage Across India. Network Available in Forested Areas Too

sAm December 18, 2012 at 6:56 pm

Miss u Uninor !!

Wish u to come back again in Kolkata if possibl..!!

gs December 18, 2012 at 6:45 pm

Time to give good mnp plans by other companies…. And golden time of airtel aircel voda etc have started…

Arjun Chandrashekar December 18, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Now All Companies Will Start To Hike Tariff and This Will Leads To Increase Their Coverage Maps

Arjun Chandrashekar December 18, 2012 at 6:27 pm

Uninor Has Shut Off It’s Services in Karnataka Because of the Following Reasons:
1. Company is Not Able To Deploy Towers Across Rural Areas of Karnataka Where Other Operators Including Aircel are also Having Better Coverage
2. Company Has Low Average Revenue Per User of 11 RS Per Month
3. Company Has Not Having Signals in Most Of The Industrial Areas / KIADB
4. Most of All The Times Signal Shows Emergency Mode/ No Network Coverage
5. No Recharge / Topups Available in Villages.
6. Serious Indoor Coverage Problem in Towns
7. Full Signal is Available if We Climb on the Cliff of A Hill

Shrabanthi December 18, 2012 at 6:22 pm

Uninor is Always Worst, I’ve Purchased A Uninor Sim Card and Thrown it Away Because of The Worst Coverage. Signal is Not Available Near Rural / Remote Areas. And The Company Has Told To Me That They Have Seamless Coverage in West Bengal. Now I’ve Ported Out From Uninor To Vodafone and It’s Simply Better.

Arjun Chandrashekar December 18, 2012 at 3:42 pm

Getting Rid of Uninor is Very Peaceful for The Users. No Network Coverage across Villages, Automobiles Factory / Industrial Area. Very Very Pooooooooor Operator Uninor is …….

Tamal December 18, 2012 at 2:25 pm