Thinking Aloud

DoT keeps own counsel on MNP.<

Oct 25, 2008

The Department of Telecom is sticking to its guns on the MNP policy by permitting customers to shift between GSM and CDMA services of the same operator, while integrating some

Tags : cdma, dot, GSM, MNP

DoT reassesses MNP guidelines.

Oct 23, 2008

A sub-committee set up by the department of telecom (DoT) to examine the government decision to allow customers to shift between GSM and CDMA has announced that this will result

Tags : cdma, dot, exchequer, GSM, intra-operator, MNP

Mobile number portability bidding gets underway

Nov 27, 2008

After a long lull the government has finally decided to go ahead with the bidding process for mobile number portability (MNP), the service that would enable a mobile phone user

Tags : mobile, bidding, govt., government, MNP, phone, operator, tenders, techno-economical evaluation, DoT, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI, operators

Two U.S. firms selected for number portability services

Mar 10, 2009

New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has selected two US-based companies - Telcordia Technologies and Syniverse Technologies - to provide mobile number portability (MNP) services in India, a government

Tags : DoT, Telcordia Technilogies, Syniverse Technologies, MNP, LoI, Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat, rural areas

Change operator, retain number

Jul 21, 2009

Come September and mobile users would be able to change their service provi-ders without changing their numbers. This technology known as mobile number portability (MNP) - will have a major

Tags : change operator, retain number, MNP, mobile industry, wireless market, Sanjay Kasturia, Syniverse Technologies, Telcor-dia, DTC, DoT, Richard Jacowleff, TRAI

Mobile number portability by August, says Raja

Feb 23, 2009

Union Communications and IT Minister A Raja today said the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) was planning to start mobile number portability (MNP) in major cities of the country by August,

Tags : IT Minister, A Raja, DOT, MNP, mobile number portability, 3G service, BSNL, 2G, Kuldeep Goyal, mobile data, video screening calls, , video on demand, mobile surveillance, Live TV, mobile downloads, Nokia, Sony, Samsung, Micromax, Huawei, mobile banking

TRAI and DoT disagree on MNP guidelines!comst

Aug 18, 2008

In yet another instance of a clear lack of understanding between policy makers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI) has doubts about DoT’s choice to divide the whole country in

Tags : dot, MNP, trai

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