Customers of wireless telephone services, and some landline services, in major U.S. metropolitan areas will be able to take their telephone numbers with them when they switch vendors when new Wireless ...

There’s been a huge amount of press lately on the subject of local number portability, or LNP, which goes into effect on November 24, 2003. In a nutshell, LNP is an FCC-mandated policy that allows ...

Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless yesterday announced that they will offer customers the flexibility to port their phone numbers between Verizon local and wireless services. Verizon Wireless ...

One of the many factors that regulators have introduced to increase competition in voice telephony is the concept of number portability. Because many customers are reluctant to change phone numbers in ...

CHEYENNE - Touted as a great boon to consumers, wireless local number portability for rural telephone markets starts today. The Federal Communications Commission decreed that customers should be ...

On the first day of wireless local number portability in the mid-valley, several area vendors reported that customers were leaving Cellular One in droves. Most customers were choosing either Verizon ...

* FCC ruling brings VoIP service providers one step closer to becoming full-fledged phone companies Last week, the FCC issued a ruling that takes VoIP service providers one step closer to becoming ...

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 ...