MOBILE NUMBER
PORTABILITY
BY
MANUSHI SRIVASTAVA
CSE3rd YEAR
CONTENTS
1.INTRODUCTION
2.TYPES OF MNP
3.PRESENT SCENARIO
4.BASIC TERMINOLOGY
5.ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA FOR PORTING
6.TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF MNP
7.ADVANTAGES
INTRODUCTION
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is the facility which
allows a subscriber of a mobile telephone service to
retain his mobile number when he moves:
From one mobile telephone service provider to another
, irrespective of the mobile technology .
OR
From one mobile technology to another of the same
mobile telephone service provider .
Types OF M.N.P.
The Govt. has defined and mandated three basic features of number
portability:
1) Service Provider Portability :- Service Provider Portability or Local
Number Portability is the ability of end users to retain existing directory
numbers at the same location as they change from one service provider to
another .
2) Location Portability :- Location portability is the ability of users of
telecommunications services to retain existing directory numbers
without impairment of quality , reliability or inconvenience when
moving one physical location to another .
3) Service Portability :- Service Portability is the ability of users of
telecommunications service to retain existing directory numbers
without impairment of quality , reliability or convenience when
switching from one service to another service provided by the same
carrier.
PRESENT SCENARIO
# Presently in India, Number Portability is permitted only
within a Local Service Area (LSA) .
# With MNP Technology , it will be possible for users to
change their LSA as well as service provider without a
Change in the mobile number .
#
This means that the subscriber can change :
1) Operator like Airtel to Idea
2) Technology - GSM to CDMA or CDMA to GSM
3) Or both like Reliance CDMA to Vodafone GSM
The location routing number
It refers to a code assigned to every
access provider for the purpose of
implementing mobile number portability .
These are 4 digit codes and have been
assigned by DOT .
They have been assigned LSA wise,
operator wise and technology wise .
For example BSNL has been allocated 42
codes in total 21 for GSM and 21 for
CDMA.
ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA FOR PORTING
Every subscribers shall be eligible to
make a request for porting his mobile
number provided that.
A period of 90 days has expired from the
date of activation of his new mobile
connection / 90 days from last porting.
There are no outstanding payments due
to the Donor Operator by way of pending
bills issued as per the normal billing cycle
but before the date of application for
porting.
ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA FOR PORTING
The subscribers are required to fulfill the
following criteria.
There is no pending request for change of
ownership of the mobile number.
The mobile number sought to be ported is
not sub-judice
Porting of the concerned mobile number
has not been prohibited by a Court of Law
In case of prepaid accounts , the balance
amount of talk time, if any, at the time of
porting shall lapse.
Technical implementation of m
np
Service Order Administration( SOA ) :provides the
functionality to interface to carries order and
provisioning system in order to update the NPAC
for access by all other carries.
Number Portability Administration
Center ( NPAC ) :The NPAC is designed to receive information
from both the incumbent and new service
provider , validate the information when an active
message is received and download the new
routing information when an active message is
received indicating that the customer has been
physically connected to the new service providers
network.
Local Service Management System
(LSMS)
The LSMS is a fault-tolerant hardware and
software
platform that contains the database of
information
required to enable routing and call completion to
ported telephone numbers.
OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE
ARCHITECTURE
1. Service Control Point Management
System
2. Number Portability Database ( NPDB )
ADVANTAGES OF MNP
BENEFITS FOR OPERATORS
Healthy competition and an opportunity
to
explore more services/features .
Operator with best QOS will gain the
subscribers .
Introduction of innovative service .
ADVANTAGES OF MNP
BENEFITS FOR SUBSCRIBERS
Convenience of customer to personalize
the same number across the operators
location and services ( No age for your
number ) .
Better QOS , more features and services,
better tariff plans for customers.
No cost incurred to notify the new
contact details to the other ( friends,
Thank you
