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- Computers
Delay Numbers Transfers: AT&T Wireless
Boston.com - December 10, 2003
- AT&T
Wireless clears backlog
Company clears most of the backlog of customers trying to switch numbers to and from other carriers.
CNN Money - Dec 10, 2003
- Helping
Rival Formats Play Nice
Wired News - December 10, 2003
- Cell
phone switchers run into trouble
USA Today - Dec 9, 2003
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Verizon to charge double expected fee to cover portability costs
Verizon Wireless plans to charge subscribers more than $173 million per year in extra fees for costs related to new rules that allow customers take their phone numbers to a new service provider — more than double what the nation's largest cellular carrier had said it expected to charge.
USA Today - Nov 26, 2003
- FCC
portability rules are a big order for tiny phone company
The Business Gazette - November 26, 2003
- Phone-number
portability may boost trend of cutting landlines
The Colony Courier-Leader - Nov 26, 2003
- Survey finds
LNP won’t affect near-term churn
RCR Wireless News - November 26, 2003
- Let's
Hang Up On Bad Cellphone Service
Fortune - Nov 26, 2003
- The
Local Number Portability Hype Didn't Match Reality
Early results show LNP slowed by system porting problems and users taking a wait-and-see stance.
Desination CRM - Nov 26, 2003
- Ministry
accused of favoring SK Telecom
The Korea Herald - Nov 26, 2003
- Phone
freedom eludes Canadians
Cell phone subscribers in U.S. can keep number, but no such initiative exists here
Montreal Gazette - Nov 26, 2003
- The
Bells Struggle to Survive a Changing Telephone Game
New York Times - Nov 24, 2003
- Portable number?
Not so fast
Big delays in switching Europe phone carriers
International Herald Tribune - Nov 25, 2003
- Cell
Portability Catches On in Europe
New York Times - Nov 25, 2003
- Cell
Switching Starts Slowly but Surely
Washington Post - Nov 25, 2003
- Wireless
LNP is Here
XChange - Nov 25, 2003
- Little
static in cell phone switch
Delays don't stop residents from crowding wireless stores
Herald Tribune - Nov 25, 2003
- Future
Shock for Sprint?
Motley Fool - Nov 25, 2003
- No
rush over cell-phone portability
Store traffic was modestly higher among users who switched wireless service providers and kept their old numbers.
Philly.com - Nov 25, 2003
- Local
portability means phone number freedom for cell-phone customers
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Nov 25, 2003
- Portable
Numbers Don't Bring Stampede
USA Today - November 25, 2003
- Phones:
To Port or not to Port
Wired News - Nov 25, 2003
- Portability
Flips Phone Switches
Boston Herald - Nov 25, 2003
- Cell
users ring in on big switch
New Yorkers rang in the first day of cell phone number portability by ditching and switching their wireless carriers.
New York Daily News - Nov 25, 2003
- Carrier switches
get mixed results
New federal rules that let cell phone customers keep their old numbers after switching carriers debuted with mixed results Monday, with some service providers encountering glitches and others reporting long lines.
CNET News.com - Nov 24, 2003
-
US Portability Sails into Storms
CommsWorld - November 24, 2003
-
Power Poll: Going to switch carriers?
Number portability goes into effect today and wireless companies will be going all out to woo and retain customers
MSN Money
-
SPSS tool generates phone scripts on the fly
SearchCRM.com - November 24, 2003
-
Number Portability Rules Take Effect
New rules that went into effect Monday let consumers switch cell-phone service without switching their phone numbers.
InformationWeek/AP - Nov 24, 2003
-
Are cell phones headed for a holiday shortage?
Research firm advises OEMs to buckle up for allocation
ebn - Nov 24, 2003
-
Making Portability work for you
The power in the US wireless business has clearly shifted to the consumer. Here are some resources to help you negotiate the switch and get the best deal.
TheFeature - Nov 24, 2003
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First day for new Wireless Portability Act
BayNews9 - Nov 24, 2003
-
Phone carriers brace for service-swapping rush
Beginning Monday, America's cell phone subscribers can keep their old telephone numbers after switching carriers.
News.com - Nov 24, 2003
-
Cell users can hit the switch
New York Daily News - Nov 24, 2003
-
Wireless number portability
Positive change for consumers
Ithica Journal - Nov 24, 2003
- 19.8M
plan to keep cell number with new carrier
Pollsters also found that 5% of cell phone users expect to replace home phones with cell phones.
Tuscon Citizen - Nov 24, 2003
- The Price
of Portability
The Motley Fool - Nov 24, 2003
-
Loss of voice revenues Seen
The Nation (Thailand) - November 24, 2003
- Trash Day
for Cell Phones
Cell Phone Changes that Start Today Could Create Tons of Trash
Poynter Online - November 23, 2003
- Wireless
Industry Prepared For Monday Rule Change
Customers Urged To Be Patient
Channel4000 - November 23, 2003
- Gearing
up for wireless moves Cellular and landline' phone companies are anticipating
a busy' Monday
al.com - November 23, 2003
- Pre-LNP
Tidbits
Mobile Tracker - November 23, 2003
- Cell
biz stampede hits tomorrow
Trentonian - November 23, 2003
- Hong
Kong's Lessons on Number Portability
SlashDot
- Hong
Kong offers lesson on Number Portability
Sun Herald - November 23, 2003
- In
Search of Cell Plan Exit Strategies
Newsday - November 23, 2003
- Numbers
for life?
Recent portability rulings and no-call lists make it hard to say who owns your phone's digits
Denver Post - November 23, 2003
-
Court won't block number portability
Phone group wanted to prevent switching landlines to cellphones
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - November 22, 2003
- Will
WNP Finish Off Outbound?
CommWeb - November 21, 2003
- Number
portability goes to court
Telecom group asks court to delay number transfer rule, saying it unfairly benefits wireless firms.
CNN Money - November 21, 2003
- Number
portability may be a boon for enterprises
InfoWorld - November 21, 2003
-
Group files suit to block number rules
A telephone industry association asked a federal court to delay rules for letting landline telephone subscribers keep their phone numbers when they switch to cell phone providers.
News.com - November 21, 2003
- SBC Goes Full
Speed Ahead on Number Portability
TelecomWeb - November 21, 2003
- USTA
Upps Ante In LNP Battle
Wireless Week - November 21, 2003
- Changes
Challenge Wireless Phone Companies
With new federal rules on number portability taking effect Monday, they're working harder to keep their own customers and lure subscribers from rivals.
InformationWeek - November 21, 2003
- Korea number
portability could lead to problems
Asia Times - November 22, 2003
- FCC rejects
number portability delay
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday denied a telephone industry association's request to postpone some phone number portability rules.
News.com - November 20, 2003
-
Number Portability: Dialing Just The Right Numbers
Financial Express, India - November 19, 2003
- Regulators
Vigilant Ahead Of LNP Deadline
Wireless Week - November 19, 2003
-
FCC Chief Doubtful About Number Portability Delay
Reuters - November 19, 2003
- Verizon
Wireless Is Primed for Number Portability
PRNewswire/Stockwatch - November 19, 2003
- SBC
Looks to Wireless/Wireline Integration to Drive Customer Loyalty
Converge! Network Digest - November 18, 2003
- Group wants
phone number plan put on hold
A telephone industry association on Tuesday asked federal regulators to stop telephone number portability rules from taking effect on Nov. 24.
ZDnet - November 18, 2003
- Carriers
Launch New WLNP-Ready Services
Twice.com - November 18, 2003
- Verizon
Wireless and Cingular Sign Number Porting Agreement
PRNewswire (press release) - November 18, 2003
- Powell
Connects LNP To 'Do Not Call'
Wireless Week - November 18, 2003
- Wireless
Frenzy
Forbes.com - November 18, 2003
- Number
Portability Nears
NBC4.com - November 17, 2003
- LNP
Reports: Wireline Operators On Counteroffensive
WASHINGTON -- Wireline carriers have begun their counteroffensive in the battle against the FCC's new wireless local number portability rules, and FCC officials say they're ready.
Wireless Week - November 17, 2003
- AT&T,
Verizon Wireless Ink LNP Deal
Wireless Week - November 17, 2003
- Old
MacDonald's got a phone
Shares of rural phone carriers Alltel and CenturyTel may be good bets as portability looms.
CNN Money - November 17, 2003
- New
take-it-with-you numbers
Christian Science Monitor - November 17, 2003
- Trai
for number portability
Business Standard - November 17, 2003
- Mobile
Price War Fears Worry Investors
Boston.com - November 16, 2003
- Tips
for switching cell providers
Morning Call Online - November 16, 2003
-
Tri-Citians back local number portability
Tri City Herald - November 16, 2003
- Cellular
firms face big change
Number portability could give consumers a lot of leverage.
Sacramento Bee - November 16, 2003
- New
plan, same number: good deal
Consumers can keep their phone numbers when changing carriers, but is now the best time to switch?
Miami Herald - November 16, 2003
- Cell
phone bills tell secret about portability
BendBulletin.com - November 16, 2003
- Cellular
portability regulation to let users protect phone numbers
Phoenix Business Journal - November 16, 2003
-
Regular phone lines could soon become a thing of the past
BayNews9.com - November 15, 2003
- Portability
is months away for Alaskans
FCC: Rules let people switch providers but keep phone numbers.
Anchorage Daily News - November 15, 2003
- Verizon
expected to win 'switch' battle
Delaware Online - November 15, 2003
- Porting
your cell number
Number portability sounds like a good deal, but there may be some reasons why you should wait.
CNN Money - November 14, 2003
-
Number Portability Potholes
ABCNews.com - November 14, 2003
-
AT&T Wireless and Cingular Sign Number Porting Agreements with Each Other and with Sprint PCS
Stockworld.de/PRNewswire - November 14, 2003
- Mobile
Carriers Told to Stop Mudslinging
The Korea Times - November 14, 2003
- Sprint
PCS Moves Aggressively on Pricing
Quicken.com - November 14, 2003
- Minister
Urges Fair Competition Ahead of Mobile Phone Switch
Yonhap News - November 14, 2003
- Plan
for portable numbers faces unreasonable static
USA Today/Yahoo - November 13, 2003
- The battle
for your calling dollar intensifies
Ars Technica Newsdesk - November 13, 2003
- Stanford
Business School Research Finds Lowering Switching Costs Makes the Market
More Competitive
Ascribe - November 13, 2003
- Cellphone
Number Portability Poses Problems For 911 Operators
NBC Arkansas - November 13, 2003
- U.S.
phone number moves raise telemarketing snag
Forbes.com - November 13, 2003
- Number portability
could cause wireless surge - report
Cellular News - November 13, 2003
- Gearing
Up for the Big Mobile Phone Switch
NY times - November 13, 2003
- FCC rule could
drive switch to wireless
A new rule that would allow people to keep their landline phone numbers if they move to wireless services could spur a sizable transition across U.S. households, according to a new study.
News.com - November 12, 2003
-
FCC orders wired-to-wireless number portability
IDG News - November 12, 2003
- Time to
Switch?
NewsWeek - November 12, 2003
- Wireless
Telcoms Locked in Battle Ahead of Number Portability
Yonhap News - November 12, 2003
- Wireless
number portability to start
Kansas State Collegian - November 12, 2003
- Cutting
the phone cord: Who and how fast?
Star Tribune - November 12, 2003
-
The Battle Over Cell Phone Business Accounts
Forbes - November 11, 2003
- BellSouth:
FCC portability order illegal
Business Journal - November 11, 2003
- FCC
rules wireline must port to wireless
RCR News - November 11, 2003
- FCC's
telephone number portability ruling irks Qwest
Phoenix Business Journal - November 11, 2003
- Wireline
Carriers Weigh LNP Appeal
Wireless Week - November 11, 2003
- VoiceLog(R)
Offers Third Party Verification for Wireline-Wireless Number Portability
PRNewswire - November 11, 2003
- FCC
Makes It Easier to Dump Landline Phone
XChange - November 11, 2003
- The
Big Switch
eTruth - November 9, 2003
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Holding onto your cell phone number
The Telegraph - November 9, 2003
- Cell
phone users looking for solutions to complaints
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - November 9, 2003
-
WLNP conveniences create hassles for wireless users
InfoWorld - November 7, 2003 -
Passing On the Cost of Convenience
News Factor Network - November 7, 2003
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Master of your own domain
New Zealand Herald - November 8, 2003 -
You can keep your number
The State - November 7, 2003 - FCC
demands cell number portability between providers
Daily Illini - November 7, 2003
- Optus
rings up turnaround
Townsville Bulletin - November 7, 2003
- Numbers
game could shake cell industry
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - November 6, 2003
- Glitch
cuts off some AT&T cell phones
News.com - November 6, 2003
- Commissioner
Acknowledges Unresolved LNP Issues
Wireless Week - November 6, 2003
- How
to Exploit the New Cell-Phone Rules
SmartMoney.com - November 6, 2003
- Passing
on the cost of convenience
USA Today - November 6, 2003
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Korean investigation of SK Telecom launched
Asia Times Online - November 7, 2003 -
FCC may allow number transfers
San Mateo Times - November 6, 2003 -
Verizon Wireless Domination
Forbes.com - November 6, 2003 -
Qualcomm: Cash Cow
Fool.com - November 6, 2003 -
Freedom rings for cell phones
Baltimore Sun - November 6, 2003 -
Verizon to do well out of number portability - report
Cellular News - November 5, 2003
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Your cell number, yours to keep
CNN - November 5, 2003 -
Will 10 Million Cell Phones Be Trashed on Nov. 24th?
PR Newswire - November 5, 2003 -
It’s your number, take it with you
Cell phone carriers brace for massive customer turnover
MSNBC - November 3, 2003 -
Wireless firms in hiring mode
Verizon, Cingular add 450 jobs as portability regulation takes effect
MSNBC - November 3, 200
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Administrator of All Telephone Numbers Changes Name to NeuStar
NeuStar News release - December 1, 1999
- GST Telecommunications Reaches Settlement
With US West Regarding Local Number Portability Complaint
GST News Release - Novemember 30, 1999 -
telecom technologies’ LNP Order Provisioning Solution Available Now
for Wireless Service Providers
telecom technologies - August 18, 1999 -
telecom technologies Adds Wireless Capabilities to LNP Service Management
System Database
telecom technologies - August 16, 1999 - Area code glut
exceeds demand
Detroit Free Press - August 11, 1999 - STAR TELECOM
GERMANY ANNOUNCES NEW RETAIL PROGRAM - COMPANY COMPLETES ROLLOUT OF
GERMAN SWITCHING NETWORK
Star Telecom - August 10, 1999 - World Telecom Labs
/ new Spanish carrier first in Europe to offer toll quality VoIP
World Telecom Labs - July 22, 1999 - ALLEGIANCE
TELECOM IMPLEMENTS PERMANENT LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY IN NEW YORK AND
TEXAS
Allegiance Telecom News Release - July 27, 1998
(follow links to this article) - Tekelec
Among Vendors Selected to Provide Wireless LNP to AirTouch Award Includes
Newest IS-41 And Triggerless LNP Technology
Tekelec News Release - July 24, 1998 - Allegiance
Telecom Chooses DSET's Local Number Portability Solution
DSET News Release - July 22, 1998 - US Xchange
Chooses DSET's Local Number Portability Solution
DSET News Release - July 10, 1998 - Ameritech
pushes local competition forward by moving to long-term number portability
in Cleveland
Ameritech News Release - May 15, 1998 - FCC
OKs Charges for Switching Provider, Keeping Phone Number LA Times/Bloomberg
News - May 13, 1998
- Local Number Portability
for CLECs
X-Change Magazine - February 1998 Issue - Illinois Selects Number
Pooling Administrator
Ported.com - January 28, 1998 - Evolving
Systems Introduces MetOSS, a Family of Telecommunications Software Solutions
Designed to Meet Next-Generation OSS Requirements
PR Newswire - January 27, 1998 - Excel Communications
Signs $30 Million Agreement For Delivery Of DSC's Switching Systems
DSC Communications Corporation Press Release - January 26, 1998 - LNP
opens door for deregulation
San Antonio Business Journal - January 19, 1998 - AT&T response
to Bell Atlantic local number portability availability
AT&T News Release - January 19, 1998 - Bell Atlantic
Makes History by Providing Local Number Portability to Competitors in
New York
Bell Atlantic News Release - January 19, 1998 - Stratus
Wins Contract From PTT Telecom to Implement Europe's Largest Intelligent
Network-Based Number Portability Solution
PR Newswire - January 19, 1998 - BellSouth
Cellular Corp. Becomes the First Wireless Carrier to License Bellcore's
NetPilot System for SS7 Configuration Management
Businesswire - January 12, 1998 -
Dialing for Local Customers
ABCNEWS.com - January 9, 1998 -
Area Codes Administration to Move From Bellcore to Lockheed Martin IMS
Jan. 19
Businesswire - January 5, 1998 - News before
January 1, 1998
- News before January 1, 1997
