Wireless carriers in Canada have agreed to let consumers keep their mobile number when switching carriers. The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association said that while the agreement has been made, a start date has not been set. Number portability has been in effect in the US since November 2003.

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Today marks one year since local number portability was enabled for the top 100 markets in the United States. According to the FCC, over 8 million people have changed carriers but kept their numbers in that time.
Also according to the FCC, about 750,000 people have changed a landline number to a mobile phone.
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Both Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless today announced that the two companies will lower the monthly surcharge for expenses related to local number portability. The controversial surcharges have made the two companies over $250 million this year.
Verizon is cutting the fee from $.45 to $.05 while Sprint PCS is going from $.40 to $.25.
Cingular, a [...]

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Today marks the start of nationwide wireless number portability for America. November 24, 2003 marked WNP for the top 100 US markets. If you are planning on switching your carrier, read our collection of tips or head to the PhoneScoop resource center.

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With nationwide wireless number portability coming to US comsumers tomorrow, we thought a few tips would be appropriate:

Amazon.com has a page on how to transfer your number if you want to get a new phone/contract through them. Very detailed.
While LNP hasn’t been all that popular, it was only for the top 100 markets. Problems [...]

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It was announced today that since November, 2.8 million Americans have taken advantage of number portability. The FCC says that the number had only a minor effect on the overall “churn rate” for the wireless industry.
May 24th is the number portabilty deadline for all markets–November was just the top 100 markets.

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The FCC today released a status update for number portability complaints [download, PDF]. Overall complaints are fairly low, but AT&T Wireless has a large lead:

AT&T Wireless - 2787
Sprint PCS - 1445
Verizon Wireless - 933
T-Mobile - 854
Cingular Wireless - 849
Nextel - 420

It should be noted that many times, a complaint is lodged against two carriers by [...]

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Chalk this up in the history books–US cellular customers got something before Japanese cellular customers. Back in October 2003, we mentioned that Japan may be getting number portability. According to Retuers, it looks like a go. It could happen as soon as 2006, but a firm date was not set. About 20 countries have number [...]

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According to Reuters, T-Mobile USA is having the best luck with number portability thus far. In the last quarter, the company added 1M subscribers–more than Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless combined. This brings the total to over 13M. T-Mobile UK posted similar numbers, but didn’t have to contend with the new pressure of LNP.
Verizon Wireless [...]

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According to Reuters, T-Mobile USA is having the best luck with number portability thus far. In the last quarter, the company added 1M subscribers–more than Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless combined. This brings the total to over 13M. T-Mobile UK posted similar numbers, but didn’t have to contend with the new pressure of LNP.
Verizon Wireless [...]

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T-Mobile USA said that while the total number of customers choosing to switch carriers was lower than expected, the company has a net gain. The company claims nearly twice as many people opted to switch to T-Mobile than from T-Mobile. More info at CNN Money.

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T-Mobile USA said that while the total number of customers choosing to switch carriers was lower than expected, the company has a net gain. The company claims nearly twice as many people opted to switch to T-Mobile than from T-Mobile. More info at CNN Money.

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Millions of people are looking forward to November 24th–US carriers won’t be able to lock your phone number. It hasn’t come freely though… You’ve been paying for it since Q2 of this year. It varies by carrier, but it is usually around $1 a month.
CNN points out that even though it doesn’t sound like much, [...]

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