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...Generally, there?s limited compatibility between networks, so you?ll probably need a new phone. The only major exception to this is with GSM carriers AT&T Wireless, Cingular and T-Mobile; most GSM phones are carrier agnostic, although using your old phone may mean missing some of the new carrier?s services...
...Porting can be tricky. In the U.S., a company called NeuStar moves your number from one part of its phone-number database to another, and then broadcasts that list to over 400 landline and wireless carriers nationwide, so that, say, someone calling you from a Montana payphone will reach you on the first try. Most of the process is automatic, but the chance for human error is high. ?It?s not going be pretty in the first couple of days,? says one carrier?s spokesperson...
...firms Nippon Shinpan and Visa International are rolling out the second test phase of an infrared-enabled payment system, which will include 1,000 merchants and 10,000 consumers. Peddlers of the technology have gained an even greater foothold in South Korea, a cell phone--obsessed society in which wireless providers are competing for market share with hot technology. The leader, SK Telecom, has already sold 370,000 enabled handsets and should have reader technology installed at 400,000 stores by year-end. SK has only 30,000 subscribers, but, as with store value cards, the idea has viral growth...
Despite numerous challenges by wireless carriers, the FCC has stood its ground in supporting cell phone number portability...
...This barrier-free process means wireless customers in the top 100 markets can fully expect to switch companies beginning [today] without the kinds of obstacles that some companies have sought to impose,” Verizon Wireless said in an official statement...