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...number of appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has decided that we can keep our cell numbers, even when we don’t wish to keep our current service providers. Using a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulation that requires “number portability?? for land lines—which allows customers to keep their phone number when switching services—the court decided that people have a right to their cell phone numbers, just as they have a right to their home phone numbers. And since cell phones are starting...

Author: By Nicholas A. Molina, | Title: Regulation Allowing Conversation | 12/4/2003 | See Source »

...change to Federal Communication Commission (FCC) regulations will now allow cell phone owners to switch service providers without having to switch numbers— known as “number portability??—markedly reducing the inconvenience associated with switching carriers...

Author: By Alex B. Turnbull, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cell Phone Numbers Become Portable Starting Today | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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