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NEW DELHI: You can retain your mobile phone number while shifting cities — say from Delhi to Mumbai or Chennai to Kolkata — from April next year with national mobile number portability all set to get a go-ahead.The Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body on telecom matters, accepted regulator Trai ’s recommendations on the subject and a final rollout is accepted by the end of March next year, a source said. The matter now needs an approval by telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad At present, you have to pay roaming charges if you use your number outside your home city. Also, you will be billed on STD rates for the calls. A full MNP will help you do away with these charges as your new city becomes your home base without any change in the phone number.Trai had also given a go-ahead to the measure in its recommendations made in September last year and had sought the national MNP rollout over the next six months. But this could not be implemented as the matter was pending with the telecom commission, which had sought certain fresh suggestions on the matter in June.India has 22 circles or telecom zones. Syniverse Technologies and MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions provide MNP service to all carriers in the present setup.