By Editor on March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: After a series of postponement and hassles that surrounded the implementation of Mobile number portability in India, the service seems to have come a step closer to reality as Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given clearance to one of the companies selected to oversee the process.
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) selected Telcordia joint venture MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions (MITS) India in March 2009. The move was taken to administer MNP in southern and eastern states, however, the ministry revealed in December 2009 there were security concerns over the ownership structure of MITS.
As a result of the delays caused by the reconsideration of the company’s status the launch of MNP would be pushed back from a March deadline to May. After the revelation that the ministry had reissued the clearance for MITS at a meeting held by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), the new timeframe looks reasonable.
After reexamining the matter, no objection has been conveyed by the ministry to the proposal subject to addressal of the certain issues. According to MHA, suitable conditions are imposed to ensure that the equipment and services provided to India or to any Indian associate company would have no connection with its operating company in Pakistan.
By Editor on September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The Indian Mobile Number Portability project is the world’s largest since mobile number portability was introduced into the US and is likely to be the largest for some time, as China is moving slowly.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) awarded Mobile Number Portability (MNP) contracts to US Based Telcordia and Syniverse in March 2009. MNP was meant to launch in August initially, which was later delayed to September and now the TRAI has revealed that it will be a phased launch – Main Metropolitan & Key Areas on December 31 and Rest of India on March 20, 2010.
“It was a little too aggressive a schedule” commented Tony Holcombe, CEO of Syniverse. Similar delays happened with mobile number portability projects in other countries, including the US and Singapore, he added.
Each of the two companies will run a database covering users in half the country: Syniverse handles operators in the north and west and Telcordia will take the south and east. The two databases will be connected.
According to the regulator, India has over 456 Million customers at the end of Aug 2009.
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