Telecom operators Stel and Etisalat DB will very soon stop their
operations in India. This decision is after the cancellation of licenses
by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam issue. Stel has not yet
officially come up with a statement that they are stopping their
operations, but has directed their customers to port out from their
network to other networks using MNP. Many Stel customers are now not
having network to generate the UPC code to port out. So they have also
started an online portal to generate UPC code. It seems
Etisalat will also be giving 30 days time for its customers to port out
to other networks. Stel had licenses for 6 circles and had 3G license
for some circles. Etisalat had licenses for 15 circles. The official
statement from Etisalat DB claims that this decision has been taken in
order to protect the interests of all stakeholders and to avoid
incurring further costs at this time of rapid change and continued
uncertainty in the Indian telecommunications sector. Due to the quitting
of these operators and customers are affected badly. Many will lose
their balance at present available in their SIM. To generate UPC code
online, Stel customers can visit the link http://stel.in/Open/UPC_Code.aspx
