Number Portability definition

Number Portability is As Defined in the Act.
Number Portability means the ability of end users of telecommunications services to retain, at the same location, existing telecommunications numbers without impairment of quality, reliability, or convenience when switching from one telecommunications carrier to another.
Number Portability means the ability of users of telecommunications services to retain, at the same location, existing telecommunications numbers without impairment of quality, reliability or convenience when switching from one carrier to another;

Examples of Number Portability in a sentence

  • The denominator is the total intrastate minutes of use including local, intrastate toll, and access, adjusted for Service Provider Number Portability less intrastate terminating Party pays minutes of use.

  • The detailed description and technical specifications for the planned implementation can be found in various documents produced by the FCC Local Number Portability workshop.

  • The Parties shall provide Interim Number Portability (INP) in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the FCC and state regulatory bodies, the Parties respective company procedures, and as set forth in this Section 15.4. The Parties shall provide INP on a reciprocal basis.

  • BellSouth shall provide e.spire with nondiscriminatory access to telephone numbers and Local Number Portability pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in Attachment 5 hereto, and in accordance with the Act, including Sections 251(b)(2), 251(b)(3), 251(e), and applicable FCC and State Commission Requirements.

  • BellSouth shall provide access to the following Databases: Local Number Portability, LIDB, Toll Free Number Database, Automatic Location Identification/Data Management System, and Calling Name Database.


More Definitions of Number Portability

Number Portability. : means a service enabling a Subscriber to transfer his contract with the Licensee to another Licensed Operator within the Bailiwick of Jersey and retain the same number allocated to that Subscriber by the Licensee;
Number Portability means the ability of end-users of public telecommunications services to retain, at the same location, existing telephone numbers without impairment of quality, reliability, or convenience when switching between like suppliers of public telecommunications services;
Number Portability means as defined in the Act and FCC rules.
Number Portability means the ability of end-users of public telecommunications services to retain, at the same location, the same telephone numbers when switching between the same category of suppliers of public telecommunications services;
Number Portability means a facility whereby Subscribers who so request can retain their Telephone Number on a Public Electronic Communications Network, independently of the person providing the service at the Network Termination Point of a Subscriber provided that such retention of a Telephone Number is in accordance with the National Telephone Numbering Plan;
Number Portability. (“NP”) means the ability of users of Telecommunications Services to retain, at the same location, existing telecommunications numbers without impairment of quality, reliability, or convenience when switching from one telecommunications carrier to another.
Number Portability means the ability of subscribers who so request to retain the same telephone numbers, at the same location in the case of a fixed line, without impairment of quality, reliability or convenience when switching between the same category of suppliers of public telecommunications services;