A big discussion in the wireless industry right now revolves around the concept of number portability. Put simply, with number portability you can switch providers and still keep your phone number.

What’s the News: iconectiv has been providing mobile number portability service in Argentina since March 2012. Under a contract extension, iconectiv is also providing fixed number portability service, ...

update Singapore officially introduces mobile number portability (MNP) today, allowing mobile phone subscribers to retain their numbers when they switch carriers. A spokesperson from the country's ICT ...

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday denied a telephone industry association's request to postpone some phone number portability rules. The United States Telecom Association (USTA) asked ...

Mobile number portability has not taken off in India, with only about 1.7 million users applying for change of operator in the 15 days since the program was introduced, according to the Telecom ...

Indian mobile phone users will be able to retain their mobile numbers even if they switch service providers from Dec. 31, according to the country’s Ministry of Communications & IT. The new Mobile ...

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about the first anniversary of a federal rule that allows people to keep their cell phone numbers, even when they switch cell service providers.

The roll-out in India of mobile number portability (MNP) is likely to delay beyond a March 31 deadline, because operators have not yet upgraded their infrastructure, the country’s minister of state ...