MOBILE NUMBER

PORTABILITY

Introduction
"Mobile Number Portability" means the facility
which allows a subscriber of a mobile telephone
service to retain his mobile telephone 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, within such limits
as may be permitted by the licensor

OR
From one location to another of the same service
provider or different service provider
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Mobile Number Portability

MNP

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FEATURES OF MNP

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SOME FACTS REGARDING MNP

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Types of Number Portability

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BASIC TERMINOLOGY

MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY

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BASIC TERMINOLOGY
CONTINUED

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THE LOCATION ROUTING NUMBER

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LOCATION ROUTING NUMBER

ASSIGNMENT
The table below shows an example of the assignment of
prospective Location Routing Numbers (LRN) across
various service operators in Bangladesh
Sl. No.

Name of Licensing Company

Mobile Network

LRN

Grameen Phone

GSM

1717

Robi

GSM

1818

Bangla Link

GSM

1919

Teletalk

GSM

1515

Airtel

GSM

1818

Citycell

CDMA

1111

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Ways to implement MNP

Recipient-led
Porting

A customer wishing to port his/her number contacts

the new network operator (recipient).
Recipient then sends the number portability request
(NPR) to the current network (donor) through clearing
house.
This is International and European Standard.

Donor-led Porting
A customer wishing to port own number contacts the
donor to obtain a Porting Authorization Code (PAC),
which is then showed to the recipient network to
proceed.
Recipient then continues the port process by
contacting the donor.
Only UK and India are following this process.
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STEPS INVOLVED IN RECIPIENT LED PORTING

PROCESS

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STEPS INVOLVED IN DONORLED PORTING

PROCESS

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ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA FOR PORTING

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Porting Authorization Code

(PAC)

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Subscribers Responsibility

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Recipient Operators Responsibility

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COUNTRIES INTRODUCED MNP

So far 70 countries have introduced MNP.
Of which 36 countries are giving Free of
charge to transfer.
Different countries have different porting
time.
Starting from less than a minute in New
Zealand to maximum of 30 days in
Moldova.

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COUNTRIES INTRODUCED MNP

SER

COUNTRY

IMPLIMENTATION
DATE

TIME TO
PORT

PRICE

Proce
ss

UK

January 1999

1 DAY

FREE

USA

24-November-2003

2 HRS

FREE

RR

TAIWAN

13-November-2005

3 DAYS

NTD
240

PAKISTAN

23-March-2007

4 DAYS

FREE

SINGAPORE

13-June-2008

1 DAY

FREE

MALAYSIA

01-October-2008

1 DAY

FREE

TURKEY

09-November-2008

6 DAYS

FREE

THAILAND

15-December-2010

3 DAYS

THB 29

INDIA

20-January-2011

7 DAYS

INR 19

NIGERIA

22-April-2013

2 DAYS

FREE

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DDonor-led
Recipient-led

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BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE

BANGLADESH PERSPECTIVE

RECIPIENT NETWORK (B)

Submit Customer Acquisition Form.

Any other documents.
Recipient will verify the documents
Forwards

Informs

CLEARING HOUSE

Verify the request in NPDB.

Check with 45 days time period
Verify if previous porting request exits.
Forwards

Rejection/Clearance

DONOR NETWORK (A)

Verify if requests falls under grounds of

rejection.

THE MOBILE CLEARING HOUSE ADMINISTRATOR (MCHA)

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All Call Query

Originating
Network

Recipient
Network

Old Recipient
Network

Centralized
NPDB

Donor
Network
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Internal
NPDB
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Query on Release

Originating
Network

Recipient
Network

Old Recipient
Network

Centralized
NPDB

1
2

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Donor
Network

Internal
NPDB

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Call Dropback

Recipient
Network

Centralized
NPDB

Old Recipient
Network

Originating
Network

Donor
Network

1
4

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3

Internal
NPDB
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Onward Routing

Recipient
Network

Old Recipient
Network

Centralized
NPDB

Originating
Network

Donor
Network

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3

Internal
NPDB

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Comparison of four schemes

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Comparison of four schemes Continued

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Technical implementation of MNP

ARCHITECTURE REQUIRED FOR MNP

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OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE

ARCHITECTURE

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ADVANTAGES OF MNP

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THANK YOU