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 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;

Examples of Number Portability in a sentence

  • The standard in performance measure 7 for UNE loops with Local Number Portability (“LNP”) is beingchanged to take into account the three-day interval required by the Number Portability Activation Center to provision LNP.

  • The Canadian Wireless Number Portability (WNP) Guidelines note that the Old Service Provider (OSP) is responsible for developing a procedure to ensure proper deactivation of all services and features related to the number porting out; this also applies to any Short Code service.

  • LNPprovisioning involves activities that are completed by the regional Number Portability Activation Center ("NPAC"), which is an independent third-party organization.


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 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 as defined in the Act and FCC rules.
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. As Defined in the Act.
Number Portability means the ability of service consumers of public telecommunications networks or services to retain existing telephone numbers when switching between suppliers of like public telecommunications networks or services;
Number Portability or “NP” is As Defined in the Act.