Mobile number portability rules are changing from tomorrow. Are you eligible?

You no longer have to wait for a week to port your mobile number. With the new regulations, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has made the mobile number portability (MNP) system easier than before. The new rules will be applicable from 16 December.

The telecom regulator will generate a Unique Porting Code (UPC) only when a subscriber is eligible to port his/her mobile number. Trai will decide whether a customer is eligible for a mobile number portability or not. Here are a few conditions that Trai has listed:

1) Those who use post-paid service have to clear the ‘outstanding dues’ of the current telecom operator for the issued bill according to the normal billing cycle.