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MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY
- The Revolution Which Touched The Most
Gauraan
3rdyear
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
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NUMBER ADDRESSING SERVICE
Signaling network is the nerve center of communication
From PSTN to NGN, from GSM/CDMAto 3G, from fixed IN (Intelligent Network) to mobile IN
Number Addressing Services are enabled via the signaling network
MNP (Mobile Number Portability)
Users relymore and more on their communication numbers
FNR (Flexible Number Routing)
For redundant numberswhich cannot be otherwise used in different HLR
SMR (Short Message Routing)
For load sharingand safer SMS
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WHAT IS IT?
MNP
Enables the mobile phone end-user
Switch from one mobile operator to the other,
Or from one cellular mobile technology to another of the same service Provider
Within a telecom circle,
Without compromising on quality, reliability and operational convenience
While retaining the same mobile number
Irrespective of the mobile technology
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TELECOM CIRCLE IN INDIA
TELCORDIA:
Kolkata Tamil Nadu including Chennai Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Kerala Madhya
Pradesh West Bengal Assam Bihar North East Orissa
SYNIVERSE:
Delhi Mumbai Maharashtra Gujarat Haryana Punjab Rajasthan UP (East) UP
(West) Himachal Pradesh J&KLSAs (License service areas)
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HOW TO PORT
Two ways : 'Recipient-Led' porting and 'Donor-Led porting.
'Donor-Led: The customer wishing to port his/her number is required to contact the Donor to
obtain a Porting Authorisation Code (PAC) which he/she then has to give to the Recipient. Once
having received the PAC the Recipient continues the port process by contacting the Donor.
'Recipient-Led: The international and European standard is for a customer wishing to port
his/her number to contact the new provider (Recipient) who will then arrange necessary process
with the old provider (Donor). UKis the only country to not implement a Recipient-Led system.
Position in India: We follow UK though with a Unique Porting Code (UPC) which is very
similar to PAC
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THE TECHNICAL ASPECT
Routingof calls or mobile messages (SMS, MMS) to a number once it has been ported
Two ways:via central database (CDB) and via Indirect Routing
CDB
Network operator makes copies ofCDB and queries it to find out which network to send a call to. This is
also known as All Call Query (ACQ ) and is highly efficient and scalable. Majority of the established and
upcoming MNP systems across the world are based on thisACQ/CDB method of call routing.
INDIRECT ROUTING
The calls to a number once it has been ported are still routed via the Donor network.
It is highly inefficient as it is wasteful of transmission and switching capacity. Because of its Donor
dependent nature, Indirect Routing also means that if the Donor network develops a fault or goes out of
business, the customers who have ported out of that network will lose incoming calls to their numbers.
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WHY PORT?
Benefits to mobile network providers and the mobile industry:
Updated technology and latest sophistication prevent stagnation of resource up gradation
Healthy competition between providers
Benefits to subscribers:
Better quality&bouquet of value-added services offered by any operator
Exercise choices and get products and services in accordance with preference
Competitive tariff package will be offered by all providers
Stiff competition leading to better facilities
Enhanced customer satisfaction
Growth ofTelecom Sector
Affordable portability
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COMPETITION Competition enhances the efficiency of businesses and improves the availability and quality of
products and services. The telecom sector is a prime example where the fruits of competition are
visible to all.
- Dr. Manmohan Singh
The competition in the telecom sector has intensified in the last 10 years, with rates reaching the
lowest level.
- Communications and ITMinister Kapil Sibal
Role ofVAS and MNP
It is believed that MNP will trigger competition.
- Dr. Manmohan Singh
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VALUE ADDED SERVICES (VAS) Not a part of the basic voice offer
Are availed off separately by the end user
It allows the mobile operators to develop another stream of revenue
Contributes around 9-10% of the revenues of different Telcos
FACTORS DRIVING VAS
Booming economy
Increasing comfort levels with basic mobility services Personalization of the digital world and digital devices
Reduction in call rates & CPP initiation
Focus on movies & music
SMS contests
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THE LEGAL ASPECT
Anti Competitive Behavior:
Anti-competitive agreements
Abuse of dominant position
Combinations(MergersandAcquisitions)
ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION
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SOME FACTSCOUNTRY TIME TAKEN Other remarks
United Kingdom 5 working days Does not useACQ/CDB
United States ofAmerica
2 hours
Republic of Ireland 20 minutes
Australia 3 minutes
New Zealand Few seconds
Canada 10-20 minutes
India 7 daysService Disruptionis only for 2 hours
Customers can port between prepayand post pay options and from CDMAto GSM and vice-versa.
Pakistan 4 days Customers can port between prepayand post pay options.
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REGULATION
TELCORDIAand SYNIVERSE
TELECOMMUNICATION MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITYREGULATIONS, 2009 (8 of 2009)
Second amendment on 24 November, 2010
100-day agenda of the Telecommunications and IT Ministry
NewTelecom Policy (NTP)-2011 Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India (TRAIs) recommendations
Recognition of telecom as infrastructureand as an essential service
Encouraginggreen telecom
aim to balance low rates,robust industry and governmentsshare of revenues.
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WINDING UP BY EMPHASIZING ON
THE NEED OF A CHECKING
MECHANISM
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Eligibility
6. EligibilityCriteria for making a porting request.-- Every subscriber shall be eligible to make a
request for porting his mobile number:
Provided that---
(a) a period of ninety days has expired from the date of activation of his mobile connection in the caseof a mobile number not ported earlier; or from the date of activation of his mobile number afterits last porting, in the case of a mobile number which has been ported earlier, as the case may be;
(b) there are no outstanding payments due to the Donor Operator by way of pending bills or bills, as
the case may be, issued as per the normal billing cycle but before the date of application forporting;
(c) there is no pending request for change of ownership of the mobile number ;
(d) the mobile number sought to be ported is not sub-judice;
(e) porting of the concerned mobile number has not been prohibited by a Court of Law.
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Criteria for rejection12. Grounds for rejection of porting request byDonor Operator.--- Arequest for porting of a mobile
number shall not be rejected by a Donor Operator on any ground other than the followinggrounds, namely:-
(a) there are outstanding payments due from the subscriber by way of pending bill or bills, as the
case may be, issued as per the normal billing cycle but before the date of application for porting;(b) the porting request has been made before the expiry of a period of ninety days from the date of
activation of a new connection;
(c) a request for change of ownership of the mobile number is under process;
(d) the mobile number sought to be ported is sub-judice;
(e) porting of the mobile number has been prohibited by a Court of Law;
(f) subscriber has applied for inter-service area porting;
(g) the unique porting code mentioned in the porting request does not match with the uniqueporting code allocated by the Donor Operator for the mobile number sought to be ported;
(h) there are subsisting contractual obligations in respect of which an exit clause has been providedin the subscriber agreement but the subscriber has not complied with such exit clause:
Provided that where the Donor operator rejects a porting request on the ground of subsistingcontractual obligations, he shall indicate the full details of such contractual obligations.
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MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY
highly consumer-friendly initiative
acts as a catalyst for the service providers to improve their quality of service
available only within a given licensed service area
The Subscriber who wishes to port his mobile number should approach the Recipient operator
withdraw his porting request within 24 hours of its submission to the Recipient Operator
Some experts are saying that MNP wont be a game changer, it will just make a bit initial impactand everything will flatten out in the long run eventually
Alot was expected to happen on the first day when the mobile number portability India was
launched but there hasnt been much buzz seen around.