Trai fixes 3 working day to process MNP in same circle, 5 days for inter-circle

NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday revamped mobile number portability (MNP) rules, making the entire process faster and simpler, and prescribed three working days timeline for port out requests within a service area. Similarly, timeline of five working days has been prescribed for requests for port out from one circle to another.

The new rules will come into effect from December 16.

“Individual porting request of intra-licenced service area nature will be completed in 3 working days; whereas the porting requests of inter-licence service area nature and all porting requests under corporate category will be completed in 5 working days,” Trai said in a statement.