"We have finalised NTP (2012). By the end of this month the department will announce the policy," an official of the department of telecommunications (DoT) told HT.
One important feature of NTP (2012) is full mobile number portability (MNP). At present, MNP allows a subscriber to change his operator only within a circle (boundaries of a telecom circle roughly coincides with the boundary of a state). If a subscriber shifts from one state to another, he cannot avail of the MNP facility.
Once NTP (2012) is implemented and the full MNP regime is in place, a subscriber would be able to change his operator and at the same time retain his number, even if he moves to another state/circle.
