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Article: BellSouth Rolls Out Local Number Portability in Atlanta
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- August 25, 1998
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ATLANTA, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- A major milestone in the development of local telecommunications competition has been satisfied in Atlanta with BellSouth's (NYSE: BLS) August 24 implementation of local number portability (LNP). Number portability gives telephone customers the option to keep their numbers when changing local service providers.
"Number portability, or service provider portability in this case, represents a basic change in the way telephone numbers are administered," says Scott Schaefer, president -- BellSouth Interconnection Services. "Previously, numbers were assigned to specific service providers for use by their customers. The Telecommunications ...