Mobile number portability: How to port mobile phone number and check MNP status

Is your mobile phone number troubling you? Or your tariff package cost is very high? Or you are getting better plans and network coverage from another telecom operator. Mobile phone number portability is a facility provided by most telecom carriers in India. The facility allows users to switch their telecom operators without changing their existing phone numbers. The process to port a mobile number from one telecom service provider is mentioned below.

What is the eligibility criterion for MNP?

1. For a postpaid mobile connection, the subscriber must clear all ‘Outstanding dues’ towards the existing telecom service provider.
2. There should be no pending bills as per the normal billing cycle.
3. Next, the activation in the present operator’s network should not be less than 90 days.
4. Any request for a change of ownership of a mobile number should not be in process.
5. There should be no incomplete contractual obligations that need to be fulfilled by the customer as per the exit clause in the subscriber agreement.
6. The porting of the mobile phone number should not be prohibited by the court of law.
7. The mobile number desired to be ported should not be sub-judice.
8. In case any of the above conditions are not met, the request for MNP can be rejected and the rejection reason will be provided via SMS to the subscriber.