Mobile operators like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, RCom, BSNL and MTNL have announced rolling out the full mobile number portability (MNP) on Friday to meet the July 3 deadline fixed by the government.

The national MNP service will facilitate customers to carry their existing mobile number from one telecom circle to another across the country and choose the operator of their choice without changing their numbers.

“Today, not only has mobile phone become an essential part of our lives, the mobile number has equally become an indispensable identification for each one of us. With our complete readiness to launch National Mobile Number Portability, we aim to empower customers enabling them to retain this identity as they move across anywhere in the country. To facilitate a seamless transition we will also allow our customers to enjoy free incoming on roaming while their number portability request is being processed,” said Ajai Puri, Director – Market Operations.

“Customers will be the biggest gainers of the National MNP service as itallows them to carry their existing number across India and also choose the operator of their choice. Vodafone has benefited from the intra-circle MNP that was rolled out in 2011 and we look forward to a similar response this time,” said Vivek Mathur, Chief Commercial Officer, Vodafone India.

The national MNP service, the earlier deadline for which was May 3.

Other private operators such as Uninor, Sistema Shyam Teleservices and Videocon will also roll out the service to meet the July 3 deadline fixed by the government as well.