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Same mobile number for any operator ?

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/same-mobile-number-for-any-operator.122481/

User Name
User Name Original post #1
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:09 PM
I heard that you can keep same mobile number even if you change operator. TRAI will make this thing in real. :?

Is it true? when will this happen :?:
harryneopotter
harryneopotter #2
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:21 PM
1st of jan 2010 ....its called Number Portability !!!
Cool G5
Cool G5 #3
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:22 PM
All have been waiting for this to happen. It sure will happen. Its know as Number Portability. You can switch between different mobile operators retaining the same number.
A
Aspire #4
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:23 PM
The new facility will become a reality from Dec 31 in metros and by March 20, 2010 in the rest of the country, said a statement from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
User Name
User Name #5
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:44 PM
until now diff mobile operators uses diff mobile no. series, so we can identify the operator

when this facility come how we will know which operator the other person is using :?:
Krow
Krow #6
Nov 13, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Why would you want to know that?
User Name
User Name #7
Nov 13, 2009 at 8:38 PM
well bcoz it will useful if I and other person using same operator.
Coool
Coool #8
Nov 13, 2009 at 9:48 PM
^^ then just ask her/him..