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.
What is UPC (Unique porting Code) for MNP Process , It the special code which given from the costumer care desk to the costumer .so that they can allow him to do so and the process is being start from there side also
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dona Reply:
March 13th, 2011 at 10:24 am
even after sending port request ,if the idea is not providing upc code what can we do?i had told this problem manytimes with idea customer care but its of no use ,had given complaint to the customer care regarding this and got complaint no1-131-4961138 wot more should i do.please help me on this,pls..from 8th till 14th march havent received any reply.
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Neal Reply:
March 13th, 2011 at 11:34 am
@dona you can visit the Idea Store and can demand for UPC.
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Why can’t O?
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NeaL Pradeep Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 9:49 pm
O is not accommodated in that series so as to avoid confusion between “Zero” and “O”.
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i have ported vodafone to aircel. but aircel rejected the port out request without my permission. what can i do? also the upc validity is over. i am drom chennai tamil nadu. how can a operator reject port out request without subscriber permission?
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NeaL Pradeep Reply:
February 11th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
you first have to check whether you have complied with the MNP T&C or not like completing 90 days in the network from where you are switching from and if you are postpaid user then you need to clear all the dues before switching. Also, if you have entered wrong porting code then porting request doesn’t succeed. if all are perfect then visit Vodafone store to know the exact reason for rejection.
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Etisalat DB Telecom (Cheers Mobile) shutting down frorm March 2012. I purchased Chhers card on 14th Jan, so how can I port my number? TRAI cancelled the license of some companies they are shutting down, so they should allow the customers of such company to port-out even though they not fulfilling the criteria of 90days.
Or they should extend the validity of UPC code so that we can port out after 90days with same UPC code.
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