Cell phone customers eager to switch to a different wireless carrier may want to hold the phone until confusion over a federal local number portability mandate is resolved. The Federal Communications ...

Gartner predicts that wireline-to-wireless number portability will change the telecommunications market for carriers and users. The consulting firm expects the FCC to give credence to such a mandate ...

The Federal Communications Commission Monday issued an order that will allow users to port their landline telephone numbers to their wireless phone on Nov. 24. The FCC’s order provides guidance to ...

New York – Wireless carriers are not looking forward to the long-delayed implementation of wireless local number portability (LNP). But retailers generally are. Under the Federal Communication ...

As wireless-to-wireless local number portability (LNP) soon becomes a reality, wireline-to-wireless LNP remains the last portability barrier for wireless carriers to overcome, according to Gartner Inc ...

Wireless LNP is a wireless consumer's ability to change service providers within the same local area and still keep the same phone number. Wireless LNP will allow consumers to switch from one wireless ...

STERLING, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new report released today found that Americans have the fastest wireless number portability system in the world, resulting in billions of dollars in annual savings ...

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Verizon Wireless in Bedminster says it is preparing procedures to let customers keep their phone numbers when switching wireless providers. The Federal Communications Commission ordered all wireless ...