MNP service providers may hang up on ops over porting fee cut

[rahul1117kumar]

Mobile phone users looking to switch carriers while retaining their numbers could face difficulties after March next year. Mobile number portability (MNP), as it’s known, is currently functioning smoothly but the two companies that carry out the service in India — MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions and Syniverse Technologies — have written to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) that the near-80% reduction in porting fees since January has led to daily losses and will force them to shut services once their licence terms come to an end in March 2019, said people with knowledge of the matter.

MNP service providers may hang up on ops over porting fee cut - ET Telecom