Govt extends Full Mobile Number Portability by Two Months

The Government has approved recommendations of TRAI on Full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) on 3rd November, 2014. The same was to be implemented within a period of 6 months.

Various steps were taken for implementation of Full MNP. TRAI has also issued a regulation on 25th February, 2015 for the same. This regulation prescribed the elaborated process/steps for implementation of Full MNP in actual scenario when the number is to be ported. Detailed discussions were held with stakeholders to address various technical complexities emerged while implementing the Full MNP in the networks.

The various operators have already put in place hardware and software in their system required for implementation of Full MNP. Internal testing by these operators is in advanced stage. The detailed final testing is schedule to commence shortly and is likely to be completed in two months for most of the operators. 

In view of above, the Government has decided to extend the date of implementation of the full MNP in the networks by two months. --PIB

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EPF accounts number portability soon

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will reportedly have the number portability of EPF accounts for its subscribers. This will help the employees to hold their old account to continue in case they change jobs/employers.

Of late, 44 million employees' provident fund are active out of total 95.31 million accounts. The major reason said to be with the changing jobs employees have been creating new provident account, closing the previous account.

After the online tracking of provident fund account, the number portability will be in favor of employees as they no need to create new accounts every time they change jobs.
This will also reduce their hassles to withdraw fund from the old account while creating a new account.

According to media reports, the EFFO has also been working to link the provident fund accounts with permanent account number (PAN) or National Population Registry or the unique identity (UID) number.

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