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Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Advantages Of Number Porting

By Marc Griffiths


If you switch from one phone provider to another - perhaps to get a better deal, make the most of a special offer or simply because you are not satisfied with the service you have been receiving from your current provider - then one of the main problems may be changing your telephone number. If you've had a mobile phone for many years or use it for business purposes, you may be reluctant to give up the telephone number that everybody knows and this is when number porting comes in.

Many southern comms companies offer a service whereby they're able to port your mobile contact number from your existing provider to their network. For customers this really is a huge weight off their mind as otherwise they may worry that important calls do not come through because people don't know their new phone number.

The procedure is simple - first you will have to call your existing mobile phone provider and ask for a PAC or porting authorisation code. This will often be provided free of cost providing you have reached the end of your contract agreement. If you attempt to move provider in the middle of a current contract then you could be requested to pay off the rest of monies outstanding in the contract period before a PAC code is provided.

Once you've the PAC code you are able to decide on the phone provider and tariff that you would like. Your new telecoms company will deal with the number porting for you so that you can bring over your existing mobile phone number and make the change seamlessly from one provider to the other.

Whichever communications company you move to it is always worth retaining your existing phone number to make it easier for people to get hold of you. This will probably be particularly crucial for all those people who use their mobile phone for business purposes as otherwise they may risk missing an important call.




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