TRAI releases paper seeking stakeholder inputs on pan-India MNP

Finally, things seem to be moving in the direction of the "One Nation-Full Mobile Number Portability" plan of the government, which it has been harboring for a while now. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a pre-consultation paper on "Full Mobile Number Portability (Pan-India Number Portability)". The new plan follows the provisions of the National Telecom Policy 2012 (NTP-2012) that the nation's Communications minister, Kapil Sibal, unveiled last year. The NTP-2012 spoke at length about the mobile number portability. It had been stated that the new rules will allow mobile users to keep their phone numbers even if they plan to change their service providers anywhere across the country.  Click here for full story