Mobile Number Portability(MNP) to Start in Karnataka (INDIA) Circle from 8th Nov 2010

Finally Mobile Number Portability (MNP) going to start in India. Mobile Number Portability will first will start in from Karnataka circle from Nov 8th. The mobile number portability project is one of the most ambitious and long-awaited in the telecom sector in India. TRAI had earlier fixed the porting fee at Rs.19 only but not sure about fee after this implementation. 
Here the list of operators and dates when it will be implemented-

Nov 8th - Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Loop Mobile.
Nov 11th - Aircel, Uninor, Reliance GSM ( Rcom) and Tata Docomo.
Nov 14th - BSNL ,MTS, Idea Cellular and  BSNL CDMA.
Nov 17th - Vodafone Essar, Reliance Mobile (CDMA) and Tata indicom. 


What is Mobile Number Portability (MNP):
Mobile number portability (MNP) enables mobile telephone users to retain their mobile telephone numbers when changing from one mobile network operator to another. Where a customer taking a service from a mobile operator (eg Vodafone, Airtel) can retain their telephone number when they change to a different mobile operator or service provider.