MNP: Idea gets more; Reliance, BSNL loss
MNP was launched across the country on Jan 20 which allows users to change their service providers while retaining their numbers. The figures made available by telecom companies to the Department of Telecommunications revealed the gain and loss for different service providers in India.
Here is the major shifts after MNP launch:
*
Idea
bagged
a
net
gain
of
12,300
subscribers.
(Net
gain
is
the
difference
between
the
number
of
subscribers
who
left
and
those
who
joined)
*
Vodafone
Essar
got
a
net
addition
of
11,252
subscribers
*
Aircel
settled
at
third
position
with
3,389
net
additions
*
Airtel
manged
to
get
only
94
customers
*
Reliance
Communications
lost
9,837
subscribers
and
192
decided
to
join
it
*
BSNL
also
lost
many
of
its
subscribers.
How
to
switch
between
operators:
*
The
subscriber,
who
likes
to
avail
this
service,
need
to
send
a
SMS
from
his
mobile
to
1900.
*
Once
the
customer
sends
SMS,
he
will
be
receiving
a
unique
porting
code
from
the
current
service
provider.
*
Then
he
need
to
fill
the
application
in
a
particular
format
and
mention
the
new
service
provider,
the
customer
would
like
to
subscribe
for.
*
The
new
service
provider
will
collect
the
information
about
the
user
from
the
current
operator.
A
time
period
of
seven
days
will
be
taken
for
the
complete
transfer
of
mobile
number
to
the
network
of
the
new
mobile
operator.
*
As
a
transformation
charge
for
the
new
operator
the
subscriber
has
to
pay
the
amount
of
Rs
19.
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