New Delhi: Telecom regulator TRAI today
fixed at Rs 19 the reference rate for portability fee--charged
from users for changing operator while retaining the number.
The per port transaction charge will be Rs 19 and the
subscriber will not be charged more than that. However,
operators are free to levy any amount less than or equal to
this charge, TRAI said in a statement today.
Government has fixed the deadline of December 31, 2009,
by which operators should ready their networks for porting of
numbers in metros.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, November 20, 2009, 18:45