ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE PHONE ACCOUNTS. ONE DAY, THE PHONE WORKED. WE’VE HAD THAT PHONE NUMBER OVER 40 YEARS, AND THE NEXT DAY IT WAS GONE. I WENT TO USE THE TELEPHONE AND THE TELEPHONE WAS DEAD.

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ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (WBAY) - As the outage continues, Cellcom customers are looking for new solutions to communicate with others. One local Verizon store is seeing people make the switch. It’s the ...

If you’ve ever bought a new cell phone and wanted to keep your same number, there’s a setting providers use that could leave yourself open to getting hacked. It’s called porting. When a hacker can ...

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An Australian nurse had her life upended when scammers hijacked her phone number, drained her bank accounts and opened loans in her name — all within 24 hours. “They were able to change my email, ...

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 ...

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The Federal Communications Commission Monday issued an order that will allow users to port their landline telephone numbers to their wireless phone on Nov. 24. The FCC’s order provides guidance to ...

Google Voice is always accessible to port your existing mobile number. However, before you do this, make sure you are aware of the potential issues that might occur when you keep your number on a new ...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Communications service providers (CSPs) in Argentina port around 9,000 telephone numbers every day. A new agreement with the Argentina Number Portability Committee ...

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