NEW DELHI: Consumers will soon be able to retain their cellphone numbers when they relocate to any part of the country, even if they change operators, after the government came one step closer to clearing the ‘one nation, one number’ plan aimed at simplifying mobile telephony for all.
Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body in the telecom department, on Friday gave in-principle approval to full mobile number portability (MNP), or the facility to allow a mobile user to keep the same mobile number and weed out the hassle of buying another mobile connection on moving to another service area. (Courtesy: ET)
VAN Namboodiri's Blog 
Dear Comrade,
Facilities extended to all the customers of the country to accept Full Mobile Number Portability from one Service Provider to other, is definitely a challenge before us, whether we will be able to gain maximum net work user in our fold or our subscribers will shift to others. But, one thing, I would like to ask you that if we (BSNL) is not having sufficient capacity to increase it subscribers, i.e., if we are having capacity crunch, then will that MNP facility extended to the subscribers benefit BSNL at all or not is to be determined correctly. Kindly tell us, what you are thinking about it ? ;;;; Sankar Kumar Das from USA.
Whether it is beneficial or loss for the BSNL, it is the requirement and demand of the customers. BSNL has to do maximum efforts to take benefit out of this change.
MNP is a boon for customers..If an operator cannot provide atleast satisfactory services, then it has no moral right to continue in the market. Our bsnl is presently facing that situation with 50+ avg aged employee burden it cant make sense in the market..