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1.Overview of Mobile Number Portability
2."Mobile Number Portability" means the facility which allows a subscriber of a mobile telephone service to retain his mobile telephone number when he moves –
from one mobile telephone service provider to another, irrespective of the mobile technology
or
from one mobile technology to another of the same mobile telephone service provider, within such limits as may be permitted by the licensor”
from one mobile telephone service provider to another, irrespective of the mobile technology
or
from one mobile technology to another of the same mobile telephone service provider, within such limits as may be permitted by the licensor”
3.MNP Definition
Presently, Number portability is permitted only within LSA and not across LSAs, in India.
That means subscriber can change
Operator say Airtel to Idea, or
Technology – GSM to CDMA or vice versa, or
both say Reliance CDMA to Vodafone GSM
While retaining his mobile number
4.MNP Aspects
There are basically 3 aspects to be taken care of by operators while implementing MNP :-
Commercial – Provisioning of Port in and De provisioning of Port Out subscribers.
Call Routing in MNP Scenario
Charging / Billing of subscribers for their usage.
Other aspects like strategies for preventing port out and promoting port IN customers are vital but not in the scope of this session.
5.TERMINOLOGY
"Donor Operator" “-
means a operator from whose network the subscriber is porting out.
“Recipient Operator" –
means an Operator who will be providing mobile service to the subscriber after porting
6.TERMINOLOGY from BSNL
point of view
Foreign Number – Other Operator subscriber not
known to be ported.
( say subscriber of Idea who may or may not have
ported to say Airtel )
7.Porting Process
Eligibility Criteria for making a port request.–
Every subscriber shall be eligible to make a request for porting his mobile number. provided that
a period of 90 days has expired from the date of activation of his new mobile connection / 90 days from last porting
(b) there are no outstanding payments due to the Donor Operator by way of pending bills issued as per the normal billing cycle but before the date of application for porting;
Presently, Number portability is permitted only within LSA and not across LSAs, in India.
That means subscriber can change
Operator say Airtel to Idea, or
Technology – GSM to CDMA or vice versa, or
both say Reliance CDMA to Vodafone GSM
While retaining his mobile number
4.MNP Aspects
There are basically 3 aspects to be taken care of by operators while implementing MNP :-
Commercial – Provisioning of Port in and De provisioning of Port Out subscribers.
Call Routing in MNP Scenario
Charging / Billing of subscribers for their usage.
Other aspects like strategies for preventing port out and promoting port IN customers are vital but not in the scope of this session.
5.TERMINOLOGY
"Donor Operator" “-
means a operator from whose network the subscriber is porting out.
“Recipient Operator" –
means an Operator who will be providing mobile service to the subscriber after porting
6.TERMINOLOGY from BSNL
point of view
Foreign Number – Other Operator subscriber not
known to be ported.
( say subscriber of Idea who may or may not have
ported to say Airtel )
7.Porting Process
Eligibility Criteria for making a port request.–
Every subscriber shall be eligible to make a request for porting his mobile number. provided that
a period of 90 days has expired from the date of activation of his new mobile connection / 90 days from last porting
(b) there are no outstanding payments due to the Donor Operator by way of pending bills issued as per the normal billing cycle but before the date of application for porting;
8.(c) there is no pending request for change of ownership of the mobile number ;
(d) the mobile number sought to be ported is not sub-judice ;
(e) porting of the concerned mobile number has not been prohibited by a Court of Law.
Note :- In case of Pre – paid :- the balance amount of talk time, if any, at the time of porting shall lapse
9.Subscriber desirous of porting his mobile number shall make a request in writing to the concerned Recipient Operator in specified format
The subscriber shall pay the porting charge, if any.
The Recipient Operator, shall the customer in the same way as that for a new subscriber
The Recipient Operator shall thereupon ask the subscriber to send a SMS to Donor Operator using short code 1900 from the mobile number which is sought to be ported.
(d) the mobile number sought to be ported is not sub-judice ;
(e) porting of the concerned mobile number has not been prohibited by a Court of Law.
Note :- In case of Pre – paid :- the balance amount of talk time, if any, at the time of porting shall lapse
9.Subscriber desirous of porting his mobile number shall make a request in writing to the concerned Recipient Operator in specified format
The subscriber shall pay the porting charge, if any.
The Recipient Operator, shall the customer in the same way as that for a new subscriber
The Recipient Operator shall thereupon ask the subscriber to send a SMS to Donor Operator using short code 1900 from the mobile number which is sought to be ported.
10.The SMS text for requesting UPC by a subscriber shall be the word ‘PORT’ followed by a space followed by the ten digit mobile number which is to be ported which shall be case insensitive. (i.e. it can be port or Port etc.)
In case the subscriber’s CLI does not match with the ten digit mobile number, UPC shall not be allotted but a message shall be generated to inform such subscriber that the CLI does not match with the mobile number.
In case the subscriber’s CLI does not match with the ten digit mobile number, UPC shall not be allotted but a message shall be generated to inform such subscriber that the CLI does not match with the mobile number.
11.Upon receipt of the SMS, the Donor operator shall forthwith send back a reply SMS containing a unique porting code through an automated system.
Directive of TRAI on UPC is dated 10.2.2010
Directive of TRAI on UPC is dated 10.2.2010
12.
Unique Porting Code will be of 8 characters – ABCDEFGH; where
A = Service provider code
B= Service area code
C to H = will be assigned by the donor operator and will consist of 1 to 9, A-N & P-Z only, and small letters and the alphabet ‘O’ shall not be allowed;
Unique Porting Code will be of 8 characters – ABCDEFGH; where
A = Service provider code
B= Service area code
C to H = will be assigned by the donor operator and will consist of 1 to 9, A-N & P-Z only, and small letters and the alphabet ‘O’ shall not be allowed;
13.Subscriber shall intimate the UPC to the Recipient Operator
Recipient Operator shall, within a period of twenty four hours, forward the mobile number, the corresponding unique porting code and the date on which porting request is made by the subscriber, to the concerned MCHA.
14.A subscriber may, withdraw porting request by informing the Recipient Operator in writing within twenty four hours of making a request for porting, but he shall not be entitled to any refund of the porting charge paid by him.
The Recipient Operator shall be liable to pay Per Port Transaction charge in respect of each porting request forwarded by it to MCHA.
SIM card is required to be changed.
15.MCHA will fix the date and time of porting such that the porting happens within 36 hrs of the clearance from the Donor Operator or on non receipt of any communication from the Donor Opr.
MCHA will intimate porting date and time to both the operators.
In J&K, Assam and North East the date and time for porting shall be within ten days from the date of receipt of the clearance from the Donor Operator.
16.Recipient Operator shall communicate the
same, to the concerned subscriber via SMS.
The porting will be break before make.
Donor Opr. will disconnect the subs at the time specified by MCHA and intimate MCHA. (1 Hr. window)
MCHA will then ask Recipient Opr. to connect.
Recipient Opr. will connect and intimate MCHA (1 Hr. window)
Recipient Operator shall, within a period of twenty four hours, forward the mobile number, the corresponding unique porting code and the date on which porting request is made by the subscriber, to the concerned MCHA.
14.A subscriber may, withdraw porting request by informing the Recipient Operator in writing within twenty four hours of making a request for porting, but he shall not be entitled to any refund of the porting charge paid by him.
The Recipient Operator shall be liable to pay Per Port Transaction charge in respect of each porting request forwarded by it to MCHA.
SIM card is required to be changed.
15.MCHA will fix the date and time of porting such that the porting happens within 36 hrs of the clearance from the Donor Operator or on non receipt of any communication from the Donor Opr.
MCHA will intimate porting date and time to both the operators.
In J&K, Assam and North East the date and time for porting shall be within ten days from the date of receipt of the clearance from the Donor Operator.
16.Recipient Operator shall communicate the
same, to the concerned subscriber via SMS.
The porting will be break before make.
Donor Opr. will disconnect the subs at the time specified by MCHA and intimate MCHA. (1 Hr. window)
MCHA will then ask Recipient Opr. to connect.
Recipient Opr. will connect and intimate MCHA (1 Hr. window)
17.In case, subscriber surrenders his connection
or the number gets disconnected, the Mobile
number will be returned by the Recipient Opr.
to the Operator owning the number series.
Cases under Lawful Interception !!!
or the number gets disconnected, the Mobile
number will be returned by the Recipient Opr.
to the Operator owning the number series.
Cases under Lawful Interception !!!
18. Number Portability Business Process
19.Technical Implementation
20.MNP Functional DIAGRAM
21.Call Routing
All call query to be done for routing mobile
terminated calls originated from any network.
Every Access Provider on whose network a call
originates shall be responsible for the correct
routing of such call in accordance with the
Location Routing Number (LRN).
22.10- 15 % impact on BHCA handling capacity.
All network elements to be upgraded HLR, MSC, MSC Server, MGW, IN, SMSC, MMSC, SDP, OTA, B&CCS, etc.
Content Service Providers to also make changes.
Cost of up-gradation of network to be borne
by respective service Providers.
23.Charging / Billing
Billing for Mobile terminated calls to be done
based on LRN. ALL CDRs, INs and Billing
platforms to be changed accordingly.
In view of Differential charging Off Net /
On Net calls, originating Switch to know
terminating network. As such each SSTP to
contain NPDB of entire country
All call query to be done for routing mobile
terminated calls originated from any network.
Every Access Provider on whose network a call
originates shall be responsible for the correct
routing of such call in accordance with the
Location Routing Number (LRN).
22.10- 15 % impact on BHCA handling capacity.
All network elements to be upgraded HLR, MSC, MSC Server, MGW, IN, SMSC, MMSC, SDP, OTA, B&CCS, etc.
Content Service Providers to also make changes.
Cost of up-gradation of network to be borne
by respective service Providers.
23.Charging / Billing
Billing for Mobile terminated calls to be done
based on LRN. ALL CDRs, INs and Billing
platforms to be changed accordingly.
In view of Differential charging Off Net /
On Net calls, originating Switch to know
terminating network. As such each SSTP to
contain NPDB of entire country
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