NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday announced pan-India rollout of mobile number portability (MNP), which will allow mobile subscribers to change their service providers, within a telecom circle, while retaining their numbers.
Terming the event “a very important milestone in the evolution of telecommunications” in the country, Dr. Singh said: “It is expected that this service will go a long way in enhancing customer satisfaction. MNP will enable a subscriber to exercise his or her choice and get products and services in accordance with his or her preferences.”
Dr. Singh said: “Affordability has always been an issue for any new service…the service of MNP has been made accessible and affordable to all by keeping the charges as low as Rs.19.”
MNP, he noted, would trigger greater competition. “The telecom service providers will seek to improve the range and quality of their services in order to retain their existing subscribers and also to attract subscribers from other operators.”
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