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Mobile Phone Number Portability- Tips and Benefits
Yes you can keep your mobile phone number when changing telco providers!
Mobile phone number portability allows you to keep your existing mobile phone
number when you sign up to a new phone plan with a new telecommunications provider.
With cheap
phone number plans available, there are many incentives to review your
phone plan.
Tip #1: Check SMS, Voicemail, Data Plan is offered
If you decide to move telco carriers, whilst you can keep your mobile phone number, be very careful and make sure your new service provider offers the same services like voicemail, SMS, data and fax!
Tip #2: Pay our your Phone Contract before switching
Even though you are eligible to keep you mobile phone number Customers should ensure that their new service provider offers the services and features that they need, such as voicemail, SMS, data and fax before making a change.
Tip #3: Switch carriers when your mobile phone number isn't ringing off the hook!
It is important to remember that you can select when you wish to port your number across to a new carrier. Prepaid customers should run down the dollar value of credits before porting the number over as you won't transfer the amount left on the prepaid service. If you are running a business, it is important you ask the carriers to port the mobile phone number at a time when you are not receiving phone calls. Carriers are used to this but you should be aware that porting is only available during the provider's business hours.
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