so they can change their numbers across providers? that's interesting...
in korea, I recall the individual providers use their prefix in their
branding campaigns, and for service name... like "079" is better than
"084"...
dc
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Governor [mailto:jgovernor@illuminata.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:45 AM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) changing phones in the UK
>
>
> As far as I know, "number portability"" is a regulatory
> requirement in the
> UK. Service providers must allow phone users to take/bring
> their number with
> them when they sign up to a new service. I believe the
> logic is that, if the
> customer is forced to change their number every time they
> move then they are
> less likely to change their service provider (a form of lock-in).
>
>
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Received on Thu Apr 5 09:28:02 2001