New Rules: New rules for changing SIM card are applicable from today, waiting period after SIM swap will be 7 days..

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the new changes made in the mobile number portability rules will come into effect from today i.e. July 1.

A statement issued by TRAI said that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2024 on March 14, 2024.

This new change in the rules is coming into effect from the beginning of this month.

Why were the mobile number portability rules changed?

The change in the mobile number portability rules has been done to eliminate fraud related to SIM swap and replacement.

According to TRAI, a SIM swap or replacement is a process in which a new SIM is purchased due to the loss or non-functioning of the old SIM. This SIM is given to the old customer on the same number as the old SIM.

With mobile number portability rules, customers can switch from one service provider to another without changing the number.

There have been 8 changes in the mobile number portability process.

Let us tell you, that changes have been made from time to time in the Telecom Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009 regarding the mobile number portability process. Telecom Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009 have been amended 8 times so far. Now this is the ninth amendment.

Allocation request of Unique Porting Code will be rejected.

TRAI has introduced another new rule regarding the allocation request of Unique Porting Codes. Based on this rule, the allocation request of a Unique Porting Code can be rejected.

According to the rule, if a user requests a Unique Porting Code within 7 days from the date of SIM swap or mobile number replacement, then this request will be rejected. Let us tell you, earlier this rule for Unique Porting Code was 10 days.