Mobile number portability by August: Raja

[dhilipkumar]

Mobile number portability by August:

CHENNAI: Mobile customers need no longer worry about the need to change numbers when they opt for a different operator as the Centre plans to introduce mobile number portability in the country by August this year.

"The mobile number portability enabling customers to retain their old number while shifting from one operator to another would be launched in major cities by August this year," Union Minister for IT and Communication A Raja told reporters here on the occasion of launch of BSNL's 3G services.

He said the service would be launched in major cities by August and subsequently in other cities by end of this year.

Reacting to the announcement, BSNL Chairman Kuldeep Goyal, who was also present, said that it "was a welcome step" and expressed hope BSNL would get many new subscribers because of this.