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What is UPC (Unique porting Code) for MNP Process?

Mobile Number Portability has commenced on January, 20, 2010 all across India and first and foremost to get the benefit from the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) you need to first get the UPC (Unique porting Code). So, let’s check out some important facts on this unique porting code like what does an 8 digit UPC code means and also what will be the validity of this UPC with which you can port your number to the operator of your choice irrespective of CDMA or GSM. Before that if you don’t know how to get the UPC, then you just need to send one simple sms, PORT(your mobile number) to 1900. After sending the sms, you will get the UPC from 1901.

UPC, which is a short form of Unique Porting Code basically consists of 8 characters of which the first two characters specifies the Service provider’s name and Service Area code. Like if the first two characters of UPC is BZ then it specifies a BSNL (B), Maharashtra (Z) number and the remaining 6 characters shall contain 1 to 9, A-N & P-Z only and small letters and the alphabet ‘O’ will never be allowed in the UPC.

List of Operator Service codes as the first alphabet in UPC:

List of Codes of Service providers
Aircel	D
Bharti airtel	A
BSNL	B
Loop Mobile	L
Datacom Solutions	C
HFCL Infotel	H
Idea Cellular	I
MTNL	M
Reliance Communications	R
Reliance Telecom	E
S Tel	S
MTS	Y
Spice Communications	P
Etisalat DB Telecom (Cheers Mobile)	W
TATA	T
Uninor	U
Vodafone	V

List of Operator Service codes as the second alphabet in UPC:

List of Service Codes for Service Area
Andhra Pradesh	A
Assam	S
Bihar	B
Delhi	D
Gujarat	G
Haryana	H
Himachal Pradesh	I
Jammu & Kashmir	J
Karnataka	X
Kerala	L
Kolkata	K
Madhya Pradesh	Y
Maharashtra	Z
Mumbai	M
North East	N
Orissa	O
Punjab	P
Rajasthan	R
Tamil Nadu including Chennai	T
UP-East	E
UP-West	W
West Bengal	V

Please note that the UPC which is allocated to the customer will be valid for a period of 15 days from the date of request for all services areas except Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and North East licensed areas where the validity for the Unique Porting Code allocated to a subscriber shall be valid for a period of 30 days from the date of request, the sms which is to be sent for requesting the UPC by the subscriber shall be the word ‘PORT’ followed by a space followed by the ten digit mobile number which is to be ported which shall be case insensitive. (i.e. it can be port or Port etc.) and in case the Subscriber’s Caller Line Identification does not match with the ten digit mobile number, Unique Porting Code shall not be allotted but a message shall be generated to inform such subscriber that the Caller Line Identification (CLI)does not match with the mobile number.

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Airtel MNP Offer – How to Switch to Airtel under Mobile Number Portability

After several repeated and loud voices on 3G tariffs affordability and the new brand identity launch, now airtel is also sprinkling this same flavor in the MNP launch in Haryana too, quietly airtel has launched the MNP offer for the customers of Haryana wherein customers from other operators can join the family of operator of your choice.
Except BSNL and TATA DOCOMO, airtel too like Videocon is offering no special offers as such to excite or say lure the customers to welcome them instead airtel is leveraging big on its advantages of its group rather than offering customers with great set of affordable tariff packs which actually matters the customers.
With the launch of MNP by airtel, one can move in to airtel to both of its Prepaid as well as postpaid services.
Procedure to migrate your existing number to airtel:

• First as usual, you need to generate UPC (Unique Porting Code) by sending SMS to 1900. UPC is an alphanumeric code allocated, upon request, by a mobile operator to its subscriber for the purpose of facilitation of porting of his/her mobile number to another operator. For this you need to sms, PORT <your Mobile Number> to 1900. Eg. SMS PORT 90680 12345 to 1900

• Now, after sending SMS to 1900, you will receive UPC (Unique Porting Code) as a return SMS from 1901 giving 8 digit alpha-numeric Unique Porting Code (UPC) and UPC expiry date in MM/DD/YYYY format.

• Now, after this you need to visit airtel gallery or airtel lobby and you will need to fill in the airtel Mobile Number Porting (MNP) form providing details like Current Mobile Number, Current Operator name along with UPC code which you have received in the form of sms.

• Now, you will have to buy the airtel MNP SIM card from airtel outlet by paying Rs. 19 towards the MNP charges and also along the appropriate FRC amount.

• After paying the MNP charges,  airtel will send an SMS on your old/existing operator’s SIM (existing connection) intimating about the porting date and time, i.e. the date and approximate time till when you can continue to use your existing operator’s SIM card. There will be a 2-hour ‘no service period’ which will begin after the porting time as given above. The ‘no service period’ will be between 12 midnight to 5 am during which your mobile service will not be active on any SIM.

• After receiving the sms just put in the new airtel sim and enjoy the airtel services.

If you encounter with any of the problems in between, you can call 98960 12345 which is the customer care number of airtel.

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Idea MNP Offer – How to Switch to Idea Cellular under Mobile Number Portability:

Going by the campaign of idea cellular itself it was clear that MNP is not all about attracting customers with just attractive offers but what matters the maximum is the network and quality of service which any operator provides to its customers. And following that, idea cellular has walked into the world of MNP by launching a simple tariff plan under which all calls will be charged at 1p/second.

Idea cellular has launched a dedicated MNP Pack which costs Rs. 37 in all which includes Rs. 19 towards the MNP Porting charges and also the Sim cost. Apart from providing features like CLIP, Call Wait-Call Hold, Call Divert, SMS, Pre activated National / International Roaming, Voice Mail on Request, Multimedia Messaging, GPRS along with a talk time of Rs.5, this tariff will be applicable for a period of 365 days. Idea cellular is not offering any freebies to the customers like TATA DOCOMO and BSNL announced even before the launch of MNP.
Procedure to shift your existing number to Idea cellular:

• First you will need to generate a Unique Porting Code (UPC) from your mobile number. To generate this code you just need to send SMS as “PORT” (space) mobile number to 1900.

• After sending sms, visit your nearest My Idea store, submit mandatory documents and fill the Customer Application Form and Port-in form, pay Port-in fee of Rs. 37 (includes Rs. 19 as Porting charge + Rs.18 as New Sim card charge), get a new Idea SIM and request for port-in.

• Now, new SIM purchased will be activated within 7 working days. Activation date and time will be informed to you through SMS. As soon as you receive sms, you need to insert the Idea SIM into your phone and enjoy the services of Idea cellular.

For further assistance, you can also call 98120 12345 which is the customer care number of Idea cellular.

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