Thursday 22 December 2011
Vodafone to discontinue services on inactive numbers
Faced with shortage of numbers, telecom major Vodafone India on Monday said it will discontinue services on mobile numbers of prepaid customers that have not been in use for a continuous period of 60 days.
'Vodafone India will discontinue mobile services for prepaid customers on numbers that have no usage i.e., no voice calls (incoming or outgoing), SMS and data for any continuous period of 60 days,' Vodafone said in a statement.
Vodafone's steps follow the guidelines by the Department of Telecom (DoT) for allocation of a new number series that based on subscribers on visitor location register (VLR). The Vodafone statement added that the stringent norms has created an acute shortage of numbers for any telecom company.
This means that after discontinuing services to the customer, Vodafone will be able to allocate the same number to a new user.
According to the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), mobile subscriber base increased to 881.4 million by October-end from 873.61 million in the preceding month.
However, the number of active mobile subscribers, according to the visitor location register (VLR) data, during the month of was 626.18 million.
Vodafone's steps follow the guidelines by the Department of Telecom (DoT) for allocation of a new number series that based on subscribers on visitor location register (VLR). The Vodafone statement added that the stringent norms has created an acute shortage of numbers for any telecom company.
This means that after discontinuing services to the customer, Vodafone will be able to allocate the same number to a new user.
According to the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), mobile subscriber base increased to 881.4 million by October-end from 873.61 million in the preceding month.
However, the number of active mobile subscribers, according to the visitor location register (VLR) data, during the month of was 626.18 million.
