Second hand phone numbers give users grief
Posted on: 20/Apr/2013 3:08:22 PM
According to the Telephone Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), if a phone number is not used for 90 days, the number is disconnected and reallocated. This seems to be giving problems to new users of these numbers.
Says Loganathan who had a second hand number, �The caller used to ask me where I was studying and threatened to come and beat me up. He must have been really angry with whoever he was asking for.�
Vijayalakshmi Vijayan, spokesperson for BSNL says, �The numbers could be reallocated more than twice. In BSNL, 180 days is the first grace period a user gets. During this, the balance remains but outgoing calls are not allowed. There is a second grace period where the balance also dissolves. If the user doesn`t recharge the phone during the grace period, the number goes to choose your number list.�
