MNP to implement number portability by September

October 2nd, 2009 Job losses were widespread last monthA snapshot of major employment categories, and how they fared in the past two months: Construction: Cut 64,000 jobs in September, following losses of 60,000 in August. Manufacturing: Eliminated 51,000 jobs in September, after cutting 66,000 in August.

October 1st, 2009 Top-selling vehicles in the US in SeptemberAutomakers released September U.S. sales figures Thursday.

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom regulator Wednesday issued guidelines on mobile number portability (MNP) that will allow subscribers to change operators while retaining the original number, but only within a particular circle. The new facility will become a reality from Dec 31 in metros and by March 20, 2010 in the rest of the country, said a statement from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The wait for number portability, which will enable subscribers to switch telecom operators without getting their phone numbers changed, has got longer with the government Thursday extending the implementation deadline from Sep 20 to Dec 31. "The implementation of first phase of the mobile number portability (MNP), in metro and category A service area has been extended to December 31, 2009, an official statement said.

August 18th, 2009 Mubarak indicates he will seek presidency againWASHINGTON — Egypt's 81-year-old leader Hosni Mubarak is indicating after talks with President Barack Obama that he has plans to seek another term as president in the country's next elections. Mubarak spoke of the next election two years from now after wide-ranging talks with Obama.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The country's telecom watchdog has sought the views of the industry stakeholders on mobile number portability (MNP) charges that will help decide what service providers and a customer should pay for switching operators. MNP once implemented will allow subscribers to retain their existing mobile number when they switch from one service provider to another or from one technology to another of the same service provider.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom regulator Tuesday issued draft regulations for mobile number portability (MNP), highlighting the rights, obligations and duties of service providers. MNP allows users to switch operators without changing numbers.

March 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has selected two US-based companies - Telcordia Technologies and Syniverse Technologies - to provide mobile number portability (MNP) services in India, a government spokesperson said Monday. MNP once implemented will enable mobile phone users to change their telecom operators while retaining their mobile phone number.

March 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A proposal from global hospitality major Accor to set up budget hotels in India is among the 28 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs.6.16 billion (Rs.616.08 crore/$119 million) cleared by the government, an official statement said Wednesday. Accor, which has 4,000 hotels across the world from economy to upscale, has made an investment of Rs.3.66 billion to develop and manage budget hotels under the name 'Formule 1'.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The list of companies that will be granted licences for mobile number portability (MNP) - a technology that enables cellphone users to retain their phone numbers when changing operators - will be announced next month, the government said Thursday. 'The successful bidders for grant of mobile number portability service licences will be announced by March 5,' Communications and Information Technology Minister A.

February 15th, 2009 JAMMU - More than 450,000 government employees across Jammu and Kashmir Monday began a three-day strike demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations in the state. Work in the civil secretariat, educational institutions and medical services have came to a complete halt.

February 13th, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir's main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday asked the Omar Abdullah government to implement the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission in the state without further delay. 'The government must fulfil the commitment made during the elections on the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission,' a PDP spokesperson said here.

January 29th, 2009 DHAKA - The Bangladesh government plans to amend the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Land Commission to ensure a better deal for the Buddhist tribals and implement the peace accord signed in 1997, a minister said. 'The government is going to implement the peace accord soon,' junior minister for CHT affairs Dipangkar Talukdar said, but gave no specific date, The Daily Star newspaper reported Friday.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the telephone subscriber base rising to 374.13 million in November, the congestion levels between one network to another has risen considerably with Bharti Airtel's network emerging the most congested. Between July-September 2008, Airtel had 41 points of inter-connections (POIs) - the highest level of congestion among the various networks.

December 25th, 2008 CHENNAI - The government has registered a non-profit trust, India Development Foundation (IDF), to enable non-resident Indians (NRIs) to fund socially relevant programmes in villages in the country. 'Presently NRIs cannot implement social, health, education improvement projects in a place of their choice in India without prior government sanction.