Mobile Number Mobility in INDIA
Abstract
After a long brainwork, the Mobile Number mobility
has been framed on the Indian Telecom space and it is set to liberalize the final bounds of competition in the Telephony space. Subscribers have been grudgingly tied on to service providers irrespective of not up to mark service standards, thanks to locked in number series per provider. Now MNP is going to change that all for good. This paper explains the basal MNP technology and its impact to the telephony ecosystem. This paper introduces the concept of number mobility, explains its different types and merits, and the technical, operational, and economic problems that might arise out of its implementation in India. The specific issues such as ensuring tariff transparency, the National Numbering Plan, and regulating porting charges, etc. have been raised and will need careful seek on to it. This paper discusses service provider number portability (SPNP), as SPNP is the primary form of number portability that promotes competition among the mobile service providers
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