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Now you can keep your Mobile numbers permanently even if you change Network. TRAI and DoT geared up to provide Mobile Number Portability in India by this November. As announced Earlier in March this year DoT announced that it will roll out Mobile Number Portability from this November. MNP will allow the users to retain their mobile numbers even if they switch their operator.

State Owned BSNL is the first mobile service provider to announce implementation of MNP as they are ready with the infrastructure to start Mobile Number Portability (MNP) by the October 31st.

We have totally 22 circles in India. If the mobile subscriber travels from one state to the other he will be charged extra fee for both incoming and outgoing calls. This is called as roaming charges. Now a high panel constituted by Department of Telecom (DOT) proposed to merge all 22 circles into one and there by remove the roaming charges. 

Considering the complexities of having more circles and roaming charges, DoTs move is a good measure to the mobile customers who travel frequently across India. This also strengthens the One India concept.

DoT proposed to merge all the existing circles to one or have less number of circles say four to five for whole country. But  the telecom operators strongly opposing the move. TRAI will work out the strategies and modalities to implement the suggestions of DoT