Article: Allegiance Telecom Implements Local Number Portability in Georgia.

DALLAS, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Allegiance Telecom, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGX) announced that it has implemented permanent local number portability (LNP) in Georgia with Bell South.

Permanent local number portability is an important issue to competitive local exchange carriers, like Allegiance, because it helps to make the transition from one service provider to another seamless. It also enhances Allegiance's product offerings, since customers no longer have to face the inconveniences of the industry's temporary (interim) number portability approach of remote call forwarding (which limits the number of enhanced features that customers may obtain).

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