Thursday, April 28, 2005
Number Portability Finally Coming to Canada
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 01:00 PM
"Canada's 15-million mobile-phone subscribers will soon no longer face a major obstacle to abandoning a cellphone company: They'll be able to have the same telephone number with a different provider. The country's mobile operators have agreed to allow customers to retain numbers when changing networks within the same local calling area. The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association announced the agreement on number portability, which will also allow customers to keep the same phone number when transferring landline service to wireless or vice versa."
In typical Canadian fashion, we watch what happens in the US first, then follow suit eventually. :roll: At any rate, this is good news - assuming that it actually happens soon and doesn't take a decade to slowly roll out (we Canadians love paperwork you see).
In typical Canadian fashion, we watch what happens in the US first, then follow suit eventually. :roll: At any rate, this is good news - assuming that it actually happens soon and doesn't take a decade to slowly roll out (we Canadians love paperwork you see).
