New Delhi. If you want to port your mobile number, then this news is for you. Telecom regulator TRAI has made a new rule for mobile number porting. Under TRAI’s new order, now the consumer will have to wait for 7 days to port the mobile number. Earlier it was 10 days.
According to TRAI, the new rule of waiting for 7 days to port a mobile number will come into effect from July 1, 2024. TRAI said that under the latest rule, additional criteria have been implemented to reject the request for issuance of a special Universal Porting Code i.e. UPC. If time is sought for UPC before 7 days from the date of changing the SIM card, it will not be given. It is believed that TRAI has made a new port rule to stop cases of fraud through mobile SIM cards and numbers.
Earlier, on June 26, the government had implemented some provisions of the Telecom Act 2023. Under these provisions, now no person can keep more than 9 SIM cards. If more than 9 SIM cards have been issued in someone’s name and they are active, then a punishment of a huge fine along with jail has also been kept. If someone has taken a SIM card in your name, then you can know its address. https://tafcop.sancharsaathi.gov.in You can register by visiting. Through this government website, you can also complain about fake SIM cards in your name. For this, you have to go to the telecom user section of the above website. After entering your mobile number and captcha there, you will get an OTP. Then you have to login by entering the OTP. After which you can see how many SIM cards are active in your name. If you complain about a fake SIM, the government will block that number.