TRAI has announced the guidelines for mobile number portability (MNP) scheduled to be launched in the metros and Category A circles by end-December 2009. According to the guidelines, a user switching operators has to stay with the new service provider for at least three months (90 days) before moving to another operator. The new operator must mandatorily carry out all checks, including identity verification, before completing the process, which must be completed within four days. The regulator, however, has not specified the charges that users will have to pay for switching their operator.
