Monday, March 18, 2002

Opposition to Portable Numbers
Wireless carriers are supposed to install technology by late November that will
let customers keep their phone numbers when changing carriers. But the Federal
Communications Commission is considering a petition by Verizon Wireless to drop
that requirement — or at least delay the deadline.

Lobbyists following the issue say the F.C.C. is expected to make a decision as
early as this week. An F.C.C. official acknowledged only that the agency would
release its decision "sometime early this spring."

At issue is whether Verizon and other carriers that have filed documents in
support of its petition deserve more time to move toward "number portability,"
as it is called, or whether, as opponents argue, the carriers have failed to justify
further delays.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/18/technology/ebusiness/18NECO.html?todaysheadlines&pagewanted=all

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