After prolonged deliberations, mobile number portability has been tintroduced in the Indian telecom space and it is set to liberalise the final frontiers of competition.

Subscribers have been unwillingly tied on to service providers irrespective of deteriorating service standards, thanks to locked in number series per provider. Now MNP is going to change that all for good. This paper, jointly authored by Krishnan, principal solution architect and Bhaswar Sanyal, solution architect, Tech Mahindra explains the underlying MNP technology and its impact to the telephony ecosystem. The paper also deals with how Tech Mahindra, a R&D and engineering services powerhouse, can shape this evolution.