Another Step Closer to Number Portability

We all are tired of our cell phone service provider. Whether it is a Customer for Provider A, or Provider B, all of us don't like the level of services our providers give, and we are all waiting for number portability, after all, why would I want to change my number after all these years.

Though theoretically speaking Number portability should not be rocket science, but is being made rocket science to protect a lot of interests. After all if the number portability does come in, how many of us will switch providers, even if it comes at a cost of Rs. 50 a month, I think most of us. The problem will be who will be the winner at the end of it all.

But leaving this, the reason I am doing this blog post is, because of a news in the Economic Times yesterday about Number Portability now a Step closer

The 95 Dialing is now out (Thanks to our Friends being always confused), how many times will they have to renumber India, first they added a 2 as a prefix to 6 digit numbers, then they moved us to 8, from 7, then they gave 5 as the start prefix to both Tata Indicom and Airtel Land Line (called Touchtel at that time), then realised the blunder, eventually moving

All MTNL Lines Start with 2
All Hand Phones Start with 9
All Airtel Land Lines Start with 4
All Tata Land Lines Start with 6
All Reliance Land Lines Start with 3

I dont' think 5,7 and 8 are still granted. To dial out a neighbour city we were using 95, and the city code, say if we called Delhi to Gurgaon, you would dial 95-124-phone number, now you will need to dial 0124-phone number

So what will be the fun of 95 going out, confusion again, but hey, what the hell, we are evolving. I just hope the Babus pay more attention this time and don't get us to change numbers again in a few months.

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