DoT selectes two US – based companies – Telcordia Technologies and Syniverse Technologies – to provide MNP services in India

Syniverse has been awarded a letter of intent to provide India’s telecommunications operators with number portability clearing house and centralised database solutions for the next 10 years.

The DoT (Department of Telecommunications) has divided the country into two geographic zones for the effective implementation if the MNP (Mobile Number Portability) services.

Each zone is further divided into 11 service areas that represent cities within the zone.

Syniverse will cover northern and western states including Delhi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat, while MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions India Pvt Ltd, a joint-venture including Telcordia, will roll out services in the southern and eastern states.

The MNP implementation will be initially focussed on the larger metropolitan service areas before moving into the rural locations, the company said.

(Source: siliconindia)