Porting Process of number Porting Process of number portabilityportability Process of Porting process involves

◦ closure of the account with the donor operator◦ opening of a new account with the recipient

operator. ◦ If subscriber surrenders number then Number

Range holder network receives the number back.

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Porting Process of number Porting Process of number portabilityportability

Subscriber Sends the request for Porting to 1900 in the format PORT<space>10 digit mobile Number (All operators will route 1900 to their respective Number

Portability Gateways(NPG)) The NPG will Generate a Unique Porting Code (UPC) 8

Character Code with first character indicating Donor Operator and Second Character the LSA eg AX12E531- Airtel Karnataka

The Subscriber approaches Recipient Operator(RNO) fills the CAF which now has the UPC Filed

The RNO through CCN raises the Porting request after allotting a SIM to the Subscriber (SIM Number has to be filled in while raising the request)

The request reaches MCHA(MNP Clearing House Administrator) through NPG

(The RNO has the access to GUI of NPG and MCHA for tracking the request)

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Porting Process of number Porting Process of number portabilityportability MCHA sends a request to donor Operator (DNO) for

approval of the NP request DNO approves the Porting (if the subcriber was active

in the DNO for at least 90 days, No Pending invoice, and no legal/vigilance cases) , after intimating Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) if the number is under Lawful Interception(LI) . (Must Have a nodal Officer for this)

The MCHA schedules the porting Process and intimates both DNO and RNO of the date and time of porting. The billing system carries out the requests automatically.

After Porting the Change of LRN (Location Routing Number) is broadcasted by the MCHA through NPG to all the L-NPDB. (Local Number Portability Databases)

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Typical steps of porting: Typical steps of porting: Subscriber’s View Subscriber’s View

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Subscriber contacts new operator and fills CAF

Recipient Operator

CCN

Subscriber sends SMS on 1900 for getting UPC

Subsccriber receives a short message about the confirmed date and time of the transfer

Subscriber receives a new SIM-card

Subscriber receives a “Welcome” short message and start using the new subscription.

Subscriber replaces the old SIM card with a new one.

X

Operator A

MCH

Operator B

NP Request NP Request

NP Accept NP Accept

Date & Time of Porting

Date & Time of Porting

NP Execute NP Execute

NP Broadcast

NP Broadcast

Example of Porting ProcessExample of Porting Process

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T1

T2

Validationof

Request

Activation and

Update Routing Info

Deactivationof

Service

UpdateRouting Info

Initiationof

Execution

UpdateRouting Info

NPG-A NPG-B

List of LRNs for Karnataka LSAList of LRNs for Karnataka LSA

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Bharti Airtel Limited 3002

Idea/Spice 3205

Vodafone Essar Cellular Ltd. 4121

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.(GSM) 2490

Aircel Ltd. 2105

Reliance Communications Ltd.(GSM) 3135

Tata Teleservices Ltd.(GSM) 3292

Datacom Solutions Pvt. Ltd.(VIDEOCON)

3035

Loop Telecom Private Ltd. 3093

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd.(CDMA)

3168

Etisalat DB or Swan Telecom Pvt. Ltd. 3272

Unitech Wireless (South) Ltd. 3573

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (CDMA) 2701

Reliance Communications Ltd. (CDMA)

3117

Tata Teleservices Ltd.(CDMA) 3445

Glossary

MNP: Mobile Number Portability

NPG: Number Portability Gateway

MCHA: MNP Clearing House Administrator

UPC: Unique Porting Code

CAF: Customer Application Form

RNO: Recipient Operator

DNO: Donor Operator

LRN: Location Routing Number

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