TRAI fixes Rs 19 as fee for mobile users to switch operators

The regulator has left the dipping charge -- payable by an operator to the MNP service provider to mutual negotiation between telcos and the respective MNP service providers.

To port his number, the subscriber will have to request the new operator for acceptance of his connection.

The process will have to be completed in four days and the subscriber will have to give porting charges to the new operator.

The MNP will open a host of opportunities for the new operators to lure the customers of existing operators by marketing their brands and USP.

Syniverse Technologies (Zone 1) and MNP Interconnection (Zone 2) are the two companies who have been licenced by the DoT to carry out the MNP exercise.