MNP new rules: How to port your mobile number, charges, other details

NEW DELHI : The telecom regulator has recently revised the norms for mobile number portability to make the process faster and easier than before. Starting from this week, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will decide whether you are eligible to port your mobile number or not.

The telecom regulator will generate a Unique Porting Code (UPC) only when a subscriber is eligible to port his/her mobile number. The Unique Porting Code or UPC will be valid for four days for all areas except in few places. Earlier, the UPC was valid for a time frame of 15 days for all License Service Area barring a few. The UPC will remain valid for 30 days in Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and North East.

If the customer wants to port to the other operator in the same circle, it will be executed within three days.