Change Mobile Operator without Changing Mobile Number

       In India, Mobile phone usage is increased in a tremendous way. There are many mobile service providers / operators in India. Aircel, Airtel, Hutch, Idea, Spice, Reliance, Vodafone, BSNL, MTL are some of the major GSM and CDMA operators.

So users who are using any operator cannot switch to another operator by maintaining the same mobile number before. This is called as Mobile Number Portablity (MNP). For example, I have Hutch and for some reasons I want to switch the operator from Hutch to Airtel then I have to change the number also.

Now it is possible in India, Using this you can easily switch from one operator to another operator without changing the mobile number. So your friends / relatives can still call to your old number even you have changed from one operator to another operator. (Ex: Airtel-Aircel, Hutch-BSNL, Aircel-Airtel, Idea-Airtel...) So any combination is possible. If you are using GSM / CDMA  Prepaid / Postpaid it does not a matter to switch from an operator to another operator.
Some important points:

* You should not change from an operator to another operator within 90 days of your Sim purchase.
* You should clear all your bills from your existing operator.
* Once you apply for operator change it will be processed within seven days.
* Some special fees there to change from one operator to another. If you like to change from any operator to BSNL, there are no fees.
* You have to pay for the new Sim card.
How to change?

Procedure to change from one Mobile operator to another Mobile operator is simple.
Just follow the following steps.
You have to get the UPC (Unique Porting Code) number.
To Get UPC, you have to send an SMS from your mobile as "PORT MobileNumber" (ex: PORT 9000000001)  to 1900 .
You willGet8 Digit UPC and the Date of expiry details also for that.
Get that number and contact the new operator fill their application form with necessary details (including UPC number).
New operator will provide you Sim card(They may collect money for new sim card), once that starts working you will be changed with New Operator.

Some More information:

* CDMA/GSM which ever you have used before you could change to any technology
* Prepaid to Postpaid changes also can be possible
* At maximum 19 Rs can be the fees amount to change the operator without changing number.
* It will work within the Circle. For example, you can't change a number from Chennai to Delhi.


Change your subscriber without changing your Phone number

To Idea                1800 270-0000
To Tata Docomo  1800-266-0000
To Airtel              1800 103-1111
To Vodafone       1800-123-4567
To BSNL            1800-180-1503
To MTNL           1800-111-503,1800 221503
To Aircel             9802098020 (ChargableNumber)