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Mobile
number portability to be launched Nov 1
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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Mumbai:
Communications and IT Minister A. Raja Tuesday said that the much
awaited mobile number portability (MNP), which allows telecom
subscribers to sustain their numbers while switching operators,
will be implemented partially from Nov 1.
"MNP will be in operation partially on Nov 1... We wanted to
inaugurate it in Haryana first," Raja said on the sidelines of an
event organised by state-owned operator BSNL.
The implementation of MNP has been delayed four times. Initially,
it was to be implemented by Dec 31, 2009 in all the metros along
with the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
and Tamil Nadu.
The deadline was changed to March 31, 2010 and then to June 30.
The June 30 deadline was again deferred as operators were not
ready with the infrastructure to provide the service.
Raja also said that the ministry was hopeful about a decision on
Blackberry by Oct 31.
The home ministry will decide if the deadline would be extended
for Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) to hand over the
encryption keys and codes of its mails and messaging services to
the Indian security establishment.
Asked if the government will extend the deadline for RIM, Raja
said: "We wanted to close it... if necessary it (extension) will
be considered by the home ministry."
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