If you’ve ever wanted to wrestle your phone number away from the carriers, now’s your chance. Google has just announced the availability of number porting into its Google Voice phone service. In a ...

Switching mobile operators will be a much speedier process as of April next year, after Ofcom announced changes to the number-porting rules. It currently takes up to five working days to switch a ...

Ofcom has published new proposals for speeding up number-porting times — the time it takes a mobile-phone user to transfer their phone number from one operator to another. Number-porting currently ...

Google Voice is a great service, but changing your phone number can seem like pulling teeth. If you've been thinking about porting your existing number to Voice, here's what you need to know to make ...

The only reason people think VoIP number porting is hard is because it’s unfamiliar. It's actually really easy — here’s exactly how to do it. If you’re considering porting your landline number to VoIP ...

If you want to ditch your home service but keep your number, you can park it at Google for a one-time fee. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts ...

What Is an LOA and When Will My Number Get Ported? Your email has been sent An LOA is a Letter of Authorization — you’ll need one to use your existing phone number(s) with a different phone service. A ...

Backing up your contacts is essential before porting your number. Use cloud services or external storage devices to keep a ...

We’ve been huge fans of Google Voice for quite a while now — it makes screening calls and managing multiple phones a breeze — but there’s always been a huge thorn in its side: it didn’t allow people ...

Google Voice is offering number porting, but in a limited test. But couldn't Google Voice already work with any number? Isn't it easy to transfer numbers? Here's the long and (very) short of how and ...

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