Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal has set February 2013 as the deadline for nationwide Mobile Number Portability (MNP), which will allow users to preserve their numbers even if they move from one state to another. For the timely implementation of the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012, the Department of Telecom has finalized the broad agenda for the next three months from December 2012 to February 2013.
As per the new telecom policy, the nationwide MNP allows users to retain their mobile numbers even when they shift between any of the 22 telecom circles of India. This move is, however, as per the request submitted by about 75.14 million subscribers by the end of October 2012, to different service providers for porting their mobile number.
Along with this, Sibal by February will also consider approval of spectrum assignment and pricing, unified licensing regime, M&A guidelines, finalisation of guidelines for spectrum sharing, creation of fund for R&D and manufacturing and MNP on a nationwide basis.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flagged off three major challenges including deepening the penetration of basic telecom services, providing affordable and accessible broadband services, and strengthening the domestic manufacturing capabilities across the entire value chain in telecom and electronics for the industry and the government to take the telecom revolution to the next level.
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