Hong Kong's Lessons on Number Portability

Dr.Hair writes "Dan Gillmor once again hits the nail on the head with his comparison of Hong Kong's competitive mobile phone market to the United States. Experiences of incumbent carriers trying to thwart competition and stifle the free market in Hong Kong should be remembered as the FCC nudges US carriers to carry out number portability. In the end competition should provide better customer service, better coverage, and better pricing in the US, all of which will eat in to carrier profits. But it also might bring the US out of the tech backwaters, where customer lock-in is the marketing strategy and "innovation" is the spin of the day."

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Say it with me, hoes -- "E-N-T-E-R-P-R-I-S-E"

[Amsterdam Vallon]

The big thing about this new number portability feature (now it's not really a free feature, mind you -- we pay for it with a small fee on each montly phone bill -- but anyway, I digress) is that it will benefit enterprises who want to switch phone services easily.

No longer are enterprises locked into a bad contract for several years at a time. We are all now free to roam (pun intended, bitches!) across various telecoms and contracts and services. And that's a Good Thing(TM) for J. Foxy Consumer.

Read more about it at InfoWorld in this article URL