Trai — cost of porting out of a network

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Bengaluru

Hello. I have a secondary number that's associated with Jio. I decided to shift it to a different network since I can use it as a backup number when my primary network is unavailable by putting a minimal amount in it. Now the active plan expired and I decided to recharge it with ₹10 so that I can send a PORT OUT message, except that Jio doesn't let me send SMS with minimal amount and wants "an active plan".

When I checked for the minimal active plan cost, it shows me ₹149. But when I go to recharge this amount it shows that I need to pay additional ₹99 which makes it a total of ₹248 just to PORT out. This is extortion and I am surprised you've enabled Reliance Jio Infocomm to do this. Are you even an independent body capable of regulating anymore? Please force all network providers to allow PORT out on request FREE of cost. I should be able to PORT OUT without having to pay for a service if I so choose!