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Indian telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has announced that Mobile Number portability (MNP) will be implemented in all the telecom circles across India from Oct 31 without any further delay.
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) allows the Mobile service subscribers to retain their existing mobile number when they move from one Service Provider to another Service Provider with in a same licensed service area.
This move is irrespective of the mobile technology or from one cellular mobile technology to another of the same access provider, in a licensed service area. In other words, the Mobile Service Subscriber can switch from one operator to other operator with in telecom circle.
The facility of retention of existing mobile number despite moving to a new telecom/Mobile service provider helps in increasing competition between the service providers and acts as a catalyst for the service providers to improve their quality of service.
Mr. J S Sarma, Chairman Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that Indias GSM and CDMA Mobile service users would have access to mobile number portability (MNP) from October 31. There will be no further delay in the implementation of MNP in India.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said that Mobile Service operators must ensure that all inter-operator tests for porting the numbers from one service provider to another are completed before Sept 1, 2010 to implement the MNP by Oct 31st 2010.
The mobile service operators รข€“ Bharti Airtel, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) , Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), Reliance, Vodafone Essar, Tata Teleservices (Tata Indicom/Tata Docomo), Idea cellular, STel and Aircel said they are ready with the infrastructure to implement the MNP service.
The Government of India had set the time line for implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Service as 31st March 2010 in the month of December, 2009 which was further extended to 30th June 2010. In the month of June, 2010, Government once again extended the time line for implementation of MNP to 31st October, 2010.
MNP charges Paid By the Subscribers:-
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has fixed Rs.19 for the Mobile Number Portability Per Port Transaction Charge and the dipping charge is left to mutual negotiation between the telecom service providers and the respective MNP service providers. TRAI also cleared that the Porting charge amount to be paid by the subscriber shall not be more than the per port transaction charge Rs 19. The operators are free to charge any amount less than or equal to this charge.
Customers will also get Internet on the Move with Free 2 GB Mobile Internet, Free Miss call alerts and Free VoiceMail Service. It will be the 1st time that a prepaid service will be bringing together talking time, SMS, essential VAS and data (internet surfing) on tailor made monthly rental plans. These are suited for light, medium and heavy prepaid users. SmartPaid comes with 4 different bundled value options for subscribers with free minutes for local calls on Loop Mobile network, for local calls on other networks and also for STD calls. SmartPaid bundles free local and national SMS. The plan allows prepaid subscribers additional benefits of mobile internet surfing upto 2GB, free voice mail and missed call alert.
| MRP | Rs. 320 | Rs. 370 | Rs. 420 |
| Bundled Free Minutes | |||
| Total Mins | 1300 | 1525 | 1850 |
| Loop Mobile Mins | 700 | 800 | 1000 |
| Local Mins | 500 | 600 | 700 |
| STD Mobile Mins | 100 | 125 | 150 |
| Free SMS – Local & National | 1300 | 1525 | 1850 |
| Tariff after Free Minutes are consumed | |||
| Loop Mobile Calls | 20p/min | 15pmin | 15pmin |
| Local Calls | 40p/min | 35p/min | 35p/min |
| STD Mobile Calls | 50p/min | 50p/min | 50p/min |
| Local SMS | 10p/sms | 10p/sms | 10p/sms |
| National SMS | 50p/sms | 50p/sms | 50p/sms |
Commenting on this launch to Loop Mobile subscribers, Mr. Surya Mahadevan, Chief Operating Officer, Loop Mobile said, “Prepaid market is onedimensional with same value proposition across different levels of usage. The insight we had was that subscribers are getting confused about various offers on top-ups and special tariff vouchers in the market. SmartPaid is a simple answer to that confusion as it bundles Voice, SMS, VAS and data to present a complete product. Also it offers double the value the customer gets from the typical prepaid product on a monthly commitment of Rs.320 plus. This is a truly smarter way to go mobile.”
Loop Mobile has constantly been at the forefront of launching pioneering services. It has had several firsts to its credit in the Value Added Services (VAS) space which are technologically state-of-art and yet customer friendly. Loop Mobile was the first operator in the country to offer GPRS / MMS, caller ring tunes, missed call alert, mobile tracker service, voice SMS. It also became the first telecom operator to deploy a Next Generation Internet Protocol network for uninterrupted service. It also launched India’s first-ever premium Mobile service on a prepaid platform – ‘epaid’- with benefits of postpaid for its prepaid subscribers.
Tata Indicom is a large-scale national level telecom and Internet products’ service provider.
Once acquired, Tata Group renamed it as Tata Indicom and started offering newer range of services like Fixed Wireless Phone, Fixed Wireless Terminal for Corporates, Mobile Telephony, Broadband Services etc. Let us understand all the options for making bill payment for Tata Indicom Services.
Tata Indicom has provided its consumers with a variety of Payment Options for the ease and convenience of its consumers.
Online Payment Options include making payment via Tata Indicom Website. The first option is to get yourself registered. You are then a registered consumer who can make payments online, and also utilize various facilities like changing your billing plan, seeking for additional connections, change of address and many such facilities.
The Second Option is called Instant Pay. This is the simplest of all the Bill Payment Options available. In this option, you just enter your Equipment ID that is your telephone number / mobile number / broadband user ID, whichever is your case. Then enter the circle within which your area falls. This will be shown in an easy to understand drop down menu form. Select your city. Options to make payment via Credit Card, Debit Card, Net Banking would be shown. You can choose the option suitable to you, and make the payment. Once payment is made, it will generate a receipt which you can print out or save it as a file. In addition to this you will receive an SMS in your telephone / Mobile or an email in your Mail ID confirming the receipt of the payment.
In these options, you make use of your mobile, instead of Internet & PC. This method too is a very simple method, and it operates by using your credit cards. The Process is as given below
To pay your postpaid TATA Mobile bills on your phone
SMS ‘PAY TATA’ to 59909
To pay other postpaid TATA Mobile bills from your phone
SMS ‘PAY TATA
You will receive an automated call from mChek to process your payment, first time users will have to register themselves by creating their 6-digit mchek PIN and by entering their credit card details. You can use any valid MasterCard / Visa credit card issued in India.
ITZ Cash is a prepaid cash card available in different denominations in the market, which can be used for paying TATA Indicom (Mobile / Walky) bills.
You have to send a SMS to 121 for paying your bill using ITZ card. You need to send the keyword Paybill along with the amount to be paid and the ITZ card number and Pin.
Eg: paybill 500 123456789101 1234 and sent this SMS to 121.
You will get a confirmation message once the SMS is sent.
you can contact the ITZ card helpline for the any queries regarding the ITZ card.
The toll free number is 19013457575 from MTNL/BSNL lines only. From other operators number is 022-26181212 which will bear a STD charge (excluding from Mumbai).
These are payment collection boxes kept at various places like malls, super markets, Railway Stations and other such areas of public utilities. You can drop your cheque for the pending bill in these boxes.
Tata Indicom has retail stores in almost every city. In major cities like Mumbai there are Tata Indicom stores in each and every locality. For example in Andheri, Bandra, Dadar etc. There are Payment collection counters in these Tata Indicom Retail Stores where you can make payments with your Credit & Debit Cards, as well as pay with cash.
Tata Indicom has tied up with Oxigen network located in your neighborhood retail outlets for collecting cash towards the payment of postpaid service bills. Around 75000 cash collection points in 142 Cities.
To locate a retailer close to you please click on, http://www.oximall.com/oxigenoutletlocator/Search.aspx
There is no charge for payment of Tata Indicom bills made through Oxigen service.
The customer care number for TATA Indicom is 121 across India.
The customer care number for Oxigen is 18601802214.
You need to setup standing instructions to make Auto Payment from your bank account, on presentation of each bill. In this method your bank will auto-debit your account as and when Tata Indicom raises a bill payment demand note, and sends the same to your bank account. This facility can be activated & deactivated, as and when a user wants or wishes to continue with this facility or stop using this facility.
As you have seen there are nine methods by which a Tata Indicom user can make payment for the services utilized by her / him.
