Customers of telecom operators whose licences were cancelled by Supreme Court on February 2, 2012 will no longer be able to opt for mobile number portability (MNP).
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has issued direction to all existing telecom operators to stop accepting porting (transfer) request of mobile numbers that were allocated to telecom companies whose permits to operate stands cancelled as per Supreme Court order.
The regulator said that "all the Mobile Number Portability service providers not to process and all the Unified Access Service Providers (telecom operators).. not to entertain request for porting in respect of mobile telephone numbers belonging to the service providers..."
In the direction, TRAI has asked to stop accepting porting request from Tata Teleservices (3 service area), Unitech Wireless , now Uninor (15 service area), Videocon (11 service area), Loop (13 service area), Etisalat (15 service area), S Tel (5 service area) and SSTL (10 service area) where the companies lost their licences.
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has issued direction to all existing telecom operators to stop accepting porting (transfer) request of mobile numbers that were allocated to telecom companies whose permits to operate stands cancelled as per Supreme Court order.
The regulator said that "all the Mobile Number Portability service providers not to process and all the Unified Access Service Providers (telecom operators).. not to entertain request for porting in respect of mobile telephone numbers belonging to the service providers..."
In the direction, TRAI has asked to stop accepting porting request from Tata Teleservices (3 service area), Unitech Wireless , now Uninor (15 service area), Videocon (11 service area), Loop (13 service area), Etisalat (15 service area), S Tel (5 service area) and SSTL (10 service area) where the companies lost their licences.
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