Trai Extends Deadline for New MNP Rules Implementation to September 30

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had previously set a deadline for the telecom operators to reduce the time taken to port a SIM from one operator to other down to two days. However, now the sector regulator has extended the deadline for the telcos from June 13 to September 30. It is worth noting that currently, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) might take many days and Trai wants to reduce this time down to 2 days, for which it had called out telcos back in December last year to speed up the portability drill. Although Trai had urged the telcos to bring down the MNP time to 2 days for intra-circle portability, for porting SIM between two circles the porting time of 4 days was retained.

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Porting Time to Come Down to 2 Days After New MNP Rules

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is a process which allows the subscribers of a particular telecom operator to shift their number from one operator to another. Subscribers can port within a circle, or they can port their SIM from one circle to another circle as well. To hasten the time it takes to port a SIM, Trai had asked the telcos to bring improvements in the porting process. However, the telecom operators had said they would require more time to refine the MNP process as the requirement will entail significant changes in their IT elements and networks. Back in April, Trai had sought inputs from the telecom operators on their readiness to implement the new MNP rules.