sickizblank said:^^ In which you can change your network provider (say Airtel to Vodafone) and connection plans without having your number changed.
That's what it is I think.. It's been excepted by the court or whatever. Read in the newspaper a couple of months back..
Renegade said:Yeah thats right, and you can switch your telecom operator irrespective of underlying technology too. So a CDMA to GSM shift and vice-versa is also possible.
The court here is TRAI which is passing off regulations without any regard to what operators have to do to achieve this
And according to current diktat from TRAI it will be available in about 8 cities by September. Should be interesting hyeah:
Emil said:There is another related issue too. There are many plans that have low cost for calls within the operator's network/circle. The user is able to figure this out from the number. Say I use MTNL Mumbai and I know that 9969, 9869 and 9757 are all of MTNL Mumbai. MTNL charges just 0.05 for sms within their network. I can use it liberally when it is so cheap. Similarly Vodafone, Airtel, all have such kind of offers.
Once we have number portability, such offers will be difficult for users to exploit.
dragon_unleash said:I m usin bpl, but according to me vodafone has d bst netwrk in mumbai widout ny doubt. Guys in mumbai shud never go 4 reliance, tata, aircel, idea as they hav d worst coverage.
Renegade said:Yeah you cant judge that from the number itself. But there will be a system in place, when you make a call, to identify whether the call is within the operator network or not. So you will have to dial in first.