Mobile Number Portability service is very new service for Indians and most of peoples don’t know about ‘How to use Mobile Number Portability Service’ or ‘How to switch to new operator’. By using this service you can change your current mobile operator and can switch to new operator. This article is about how you can change your operator without changing your mobile number.
Process To Change Operator Without Changing Number:
- Send a SMS: “PORT (Mobile Number)” (that is to be ported) to 1900.
- See The example to send the SMS as, PORT 9123457689.
- Your existing operator will immediately provide you with a ’8 digit alpha-numeric porting code’ that you need to submit to the new operator you wish to switch along with relevant documents. (The unique porting code will be valid only for 24 hours).
- After consulting with your existing operator, new operator will move your number in a maximum of 4 days.
Charges for Porting Mobile Number : As per TRAI rule, any telecom operator can charge a maximum of Rs. 19 towards mobile number porting charges.
Important Things Related to This Service : Things which you have to remember are mentioned below.
- Any customer having a mobile number older than 90 days can migrate to another operator with the same number.
- He/She will have to wait for another 90 days before being able to port their number again.
- Your number will remain dead for 2 hours approximately during the porting process. Fortunately,the2 hours downtime will be between 10 PM and 5 AM IST.
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