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Article: CONSORTIUM INITIATES PLAN FOR LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY; NEW COMPANY FORMED BY LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ISSUES RFP TO MANAGE SYSTEM
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- July 9, 1996
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BALTIMORE, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As a result of a recent Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) order, the Maryland Carrier Acquisition Company, LLC, has taken a major step to implement local number portability in Maryland. Today, the company issued a request-for-proposal (RFP) to select a contractor to administer and manage the local number portability system in the state, planned for implementation in the fall of 1997. Maryland is the first state in the nation to issue an RFP for local number portability under the auspices of a limited liability company.
Local number portability allows customers to retain their current telephone number when they switch their ...