Mobile Number Portability was officially launched in Haryana yesterday, the first of India's regions to go live with the service. It's a pilot launch, with the newly appointed Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal making a call from one ported number to another. We wonder which operator was dumped, and which chosen; most telecom operators, though are making the case to investors on their earnings calls, that MNP isn't a big concern because many prepaid customers have multiple connections. Hold your horses, though - MNP will be launched across India on January 20th, 2011. The government had said a couple of days ago that a detailed plan would be announced, but there's nothing yet on Department of Telecom's website. A few things to note: - users can switch if and only if a minimum period of 90 days has elapsed after subscription to the mobile service of the current service provider. - Users will have to send an SMS (PORTMobile Number) from the number he wishes to be ported, to number 1900 whereby a Unique Porting Code (UPC) will be received on SMS from his current service provider. - The UPC will have ot be submitted in the prescribed application form to the chosen new service provider - Porting has to be completed within 7 working days. - MNP has a price ceiling of Rs. 19. For more details: Rules & Criteria For Applying For Mobile Number Portability In India What's Missing The one thing we don't like about the way MNP…
