Originally Posted by fly-yul
No. It is March 14th 2007. And I'll believe it when I see it.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/t1021.htm
By March 14, 2007 Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless and the mobility division of TELUS Communications Inc. will be required to provide WNP to their customers in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec. This means that customers in any of these provinces will be able to switch to any service provider in that province (wireline or wireless) and keep their phone number.
Throughout Canada, all wireless carriers will, by the same date, be required to release a phone number to another carrier (port-out customers) and by no later than September 12, 2007, to accept a phone number from another carrier (port-in customers).
I'm not too optimistic either. Recently Mr.Z wanted to change within Telus from their Mike network to another network but he wasn't able to take his number. If they can't move the number from one of their own networks to another how are they going to move it to another service provider??