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