MOBILE_NUMBER_PORTABILITY final

8/7/2019 MOBILE_NUMBER_PORTABILITY final

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MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY

- The Revolution Which Touched The Most

Gauraan

3rdyear

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab


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NUMBER ADDRESSING SERVICE

Signaling network is the nerve center of communication

From PSTN to NGN, from GSM/CDMAto 3G, from fixed IN (Intelligent Network) to mobile IN

Number Addressing Services are enabled via the signaling network

MNP (Mobile Number Portability)

Users relymore and more on their communication numbers

FNR (Flexible Number Routing)

For redundant numberswhich cannot be otherwise used in different HLR

SMR (Short Message Routing)

For load sharingand safer SMS


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WHAT IS IT?

MNP

Enables the mobile phone end-user

Switch from one mobile operator to the other,

Or from one cellular mobile technology to another of the same service Provider

Within a telecom circle,

Without compromising on quality, reliability and operational convenience

While retaining the same mobile number

Irrespective of the mobile technology


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TELECOM CIRCLE IN INDIA

TELCORDIA:

Kolkata Tamil Nadu including Chennai Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Kerala Madhya

Pradesh West Bengal Assam Bihar North East Orissa

SYNIVERSE:

Delhi Mumbai Maharashtra Gujarat Haryana Punjab Rajasthan UP (East) UP

(West) Himachal Pradesh J&KLSAs (License service areas)


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HOW TO PORT

Two ways : 'Recipient-Led' porting and 'Donor-Led porting.

'Donor-Led: The customer wishing to port his/her number is required to contact the Donor to

obtain a Porting Authorisation Code (PAC) which he/she then has to give to the Recipient. Once

having received the PAC the Recipient continues the port process by contacting the Donor.

'Recipient-Led: The international and European standard is for a customer wishing to port

his/her number to contact the new provider (Recipient) who will then arrange necessary process

with the old provider (Donor). UKis the only country to not implement a Recipient-Led system.

Position in India: We follow UK though with a Unique Porting Code (UPC) which is very

similar to PAC


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THE TECHNICAL ASPECT

Routingof calls or mobile messages (SMS, MMS) to a number once it has been ported

Two ways:via central database (CDB) and via Indirect Routing

CDB

Network operator makes copies ofCDB and queries it to find out which network to send a call to. This is

also known as All Call Query (ACQ ) and is highly efficient and scalable. Majority of the established and

upcoming MNP systems across the world are based on thisACQ/CDB method of call routing.

INDIRECT ROUTING

The calls to a number once it has been ported are still routed via the Donor network.

It is highly inefficient as it is wasteful of transmission and switching capacity. Because of its Donor

dependent nature, Indirect Routing also means that if the Donor network develops a fault or goes out of

business, the customers who have ported out of that network will lose incoming calls to their numbers.


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WHY PORT?

Benefits to mobile network providers and the mobile industry:

Updated technology and latest sophistication prevent stagnation of resource up gradation

Healthy competition between providers

Benefits to subscribers:

Better quality&bouquet of value-added services offered by any operator

Exercise choices and get products and services in accordance with preference

Competitive tariff package will be offered by all providers

Stiff competition leading to better facilities

Enhanced customer satisfaction

Growth ofTelecom Sector

Affordable portability


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COMPETITION Competition enhances the efficiency of businesses and improves the availability and quality of

products and services. The telecom sector is a prime example where the fruits of competition are

visible to all.

- Dr. Manmohan Singh

The competition in the telecom sector has intensified in the last 10 years, with rates reaching the

lowest level.

- Communications and ITMinister Kapil Sibal

Role ofVAS and MNP

It is believed that MNP will trigger competition.

- Dr. Manmohan Singh


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VALUE ADDED SERVICES (VAS) Not a part of the basic voice offer

Are availed off separately by the end user

It allows the mobile operators to develop another stream of revenue

Contributes around 9-10% of the revenues of different Telcos

FACTORS DRIVING VAS

Booming economy

Increasing comfort levels with basic mobility services Personalization of the digital world and digital devices

Reduction in call rates & CPP initiation

Focus on movies & music

SMS contests


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THE LEGAL ASPECT

Anti Competitive Behavior:

Anti-competitive agreements

Abuse of dominant position

Combinations(MergersandAcquisitions)

ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION


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SOME FACTSCOUNTRY TIME TAKEN Other remarks

United Kingdom 5 working days Does not useACQ/CDB

United States ofAmerica

2 hours

Republic of Ireland 20 minutes

Australia 3 minutes

New Zealand Few seconds

Canada 10-20 minutes

India 7 daysService Disruptionis only for 2 hours

Customers can port between prepayand post pay options and from CDMAto GSM and vice-versa.

Pakistan 4 days Customers can port between prepayand post pay options.


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REGULATION

TELCORDIAand SYNIVERSE

TELECOMMUNICATION MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITYREGULATIONS, 2009 (8 of 2009)

Second amendment on 24 November, 2010

100-day agenda of the Telecommunications and IT Ministry

NewTelecom Policy (NTP)-2011 Telecom RegulatoryAuthority of India (TRAIs) recommendations

Recognition of telecom as infrastructureand as an essential service

Encouraginggreen telecom

aim to balance low rates,robust industry and governmentsshare of revenues.


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WINDING UP BY EMPHASIZING ON

THE NEED OF A CHECKING

MECHANISM


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Eligibility

6. EligibilityCriteria for making a porting request.-- Every subscriber shall be eligible to make a

request for porting his mobile number:

Provided that---

(a) a period of ninety days has expired from the date of activation of his mobile connection in the caseof a mobile number not ported earlier; or from the date of activation of his mobile number afterits last porting, in the case of a mobile number which has been ported earlier, as the case may be;

(b) there are no outstanding payments due to the Donor Operator by way of pending bills or bills, as

the case may be, issued as per the normal billing cycle but before the date of application forporting;

(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.


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Criteria for rejection12. Grounds for rejection of porting request byDonor Operator.--- Arequest for porting of a mobile

number shall not be rejected by a Donor Operator on any ground other than the followinggrounds, namely:-

(a) there are outstanding payments due from the subscriber by way of pending bill or bills, as the

case may be, issued as per the normal billing cycle but before the date of application for porting;(b) the porting request has been made before the expiry of a period of ninety days from the date of

activation of a new connection;

(c) a request for change of ownership of the mobile number is under process;

(d) the mobile number sought to be ported is sub-judice;

(e) porting of the mobile number has been prohibited by a Court of Law;

(f) subscriber has applied for inter-service area porting;

(g) the unique porting code mentioned in the porting request does not match with the uniqueporting code allocated by the Donor Operator for the mobile number sought to be ported;

(h) there are subsisting contractual obligations in respect of which an exit clause has been providedin the subscriber agreement but the subscriber has not complied with such exit clause:

Provided that where the Donor operator rejects a porting request on the ground of subsistingcontractual obligations, he shall indicate the full details of such contractual obligations.


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MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY

highly consumer-friendly initiative

acts as a catalyst for the service providers to improve their quality of service

available only within a given licensed service area

The Subscriber who wishes to port his mobile number should approach the Recipient operator

withdraw his porting request within 24 hours of its submission to the Recipient Operator

Some experts are saying that MNP wont be a game changer, it will just make a bit initial impactand everything will flatten out in the long run eventually

Alot was expected to happen on the first day when the mobile number portability India was

launched but there hasnt been much buzz seen around.

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