1. SUBMITED BY: Megha Deodas GUIDED BY: SMT POONAM MADHARIA

2. "Mobile Number Portability" means the facility which allows a subscriber of a mobile telephone service to retain his mobile telephone number when he moves OR 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, within such limits as may be permitted by the licensor Introduction

4.  Operator Portability:- From One Operator to another E.g BSNL to IDEA,AIRTEL to VODAPHONE and vice versa etc.  Location Portability:- From one location to another  Service Portability:- From one service to another e.g Prepaid to Postpaid. Types Of MNP

5.  Doner Operator:-The operator from whose network the suscriber is porting out.  Recipient Operator:-The operator who will be providing mobile service to the suscriber after porting.  NBDB:-Number portability data base (maintains portability and provides routing ) Basic Terminologies

6. ARCHITECTURE REQUIRED FOR MNP The various archi-tecture elements which are essential for MNP are Explain in this slide.

7. BENEFITS OF MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY MNP gives best benefit to the customer,as they do not have to change their number,eliminating a great headache of communicating the new number to all his /her important contacts. MNP will keep all the mobile network providers on an alerts Network provider will really treat the customer as a king. You will get lightning response and great customer service from yourexisting mobile network providers.

8.  Can retain existing mobile number.  Just for a small fee of 19/-  You can switch from GSM to CDMA and vice versa ADVANTAGES

9.  Change in location having same number.  Cannot switch again for the next 90 days.  Change in handset when change in plateform. DISADVANTAGES

10.  Number portability removes important barrier to increased competition in the tele -communications sector.  As such it brings challenges and opportunities for old and new telecommunication providers.  To be successful in the competative tele communications environment,carriers have to carefully analyze their network and administrative infrastructures,select the best number portability solution for their needs and exploit the benefits of incresed customer choise that np provides. CONCLUSION