Mobile Number Portability is a facility that helps the customers to retain their number and switch to other network . This facility came into effect in pan-india basis as on 20th January 2011.

According to reports submitted by the service providers at end of February 2011 about 38.33 lakh subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile number. Out of these requests around 3.20 lakh pertains to Haryana where in MNP was implemented from 25th Nov. 2010.

In rest of the country, in MNP Zone-I Northern & Western India maximum number of requests have been received in Gujarat 3.65 lakh followed by Rajasthan 3.14 lakh whereas in MNP Zone-II Southern &Eastern India maximum number  of requests have been received in Karnataka 3.18 lakh followed by Tamil Nadu Service area 2.76 lakh.

The status of MNP requests in various service areas is given below:

Service Area Wise MNP Status(as on 28th February 2011)

Zone -1

LSANumber of Porting Requests
Delhi 173437
Gujarat364849
Himachal Pradesh20242
Haryana319850
Jammu & Kashmir1291
Maharashtra262110
Mumbai136067
Punjab194167
Rajasthan313725
Uttar Pradesh – East 177368
Uttar Pradesh – West227752
Total2190858

Zone 2

LSA Number of Porting Requests
Andhra Pradesh229034
Assam8308
Bihar83,030
Karnataka318,092
Kerala123,812
Kolkata96,382
Madhya Pradesh235,039
North East1,863
Orissa56,989
Tamilnadu276,950
West Bengal212,681
Total1,642,180

TRAI is constantly monitoring the implementation of MNP in the country. It is observed that the primary reasons for rejection of port request are Incorrect Unique Porting Code, Non-completion of 90 days, existing Contractual Obligations and Outstanding Dues.

In view of the large number of rejections and complaints, TRAI is in the process of verifying the correctness of the port rejections done by the service providers on sample basis.