MNP requests crossed 38 lakh by the end of February – TRAI

TRAI, Indian Telecom Regulator today announced official MNP statistics and reported that more then 38 lakhs customers opted for  Mobile Number Portability (MNP) which was introduced in India from 20th Jan 2011. By the end of February 2011 about 38.33 lakh mobile users of various service providers submitted their requests for porting their mobile number. Out of these requests the maximum request generated from Gujarat where 3.65 lakhs portin requests received, and around 3.20 lakh requests are from Haryana, the first state where MNP was implemented on 25th Nov last year. The MNP requests in various circles is given below:

LSA	Number of Porting Requests	%
Andhra Pradesh	229,034	6%
Assam	8,308	0%
Bihar	83,030	2%
Delhi	173437	5%
Gujarat	364849	10%
Haryana	319850	8%
Himachal Pradesh	20242	1%
Jammu & Kashmir	1291	0%
Karnataka	318,092	8%
Kerala	123,812	3%
Kolkata	96,382	3%
Madhya Pradesh	235,039	6%
Maharashtra	262110	7%
Mumbai	136067	4%
North East	1,863	0%
Orissa	56,989	1%
Punjab	194167	5%
Rajasthan	313725	8%
Tamil Nadu	276,950	7%
Uttar pradesh – East	177368	5%
Uttar pradesh – West	227752	6%
West Bengal	212,681	6%
Total	3833038

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.