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**Hugh** · 01-11-2021, 14:55

First Mobile Number Porting was in 1999 (I know this because I worked at Ventura at the time, and we set up and handled the process for BT Cellnet (as was) - I was in charge of the team who set up the infrastructure (at the Wath-On-Dearne offices, or as we called it, Death-on-Warne…)).

It was a very ‘hands-on" manual process, involving Customer Service Reps taking the requests from the customers over the phone, logging them onto a system, then printing off those details and faxing them to BT Cellnet.

When I left Ventura to join BT Cellnet, I took my work number with me and transferred it to my wife (as it was an easily remembered number, ending in 3333), so she has had the same number for over 21 years, and I kept the number I had at BT Cellnet when I left (again, because it was a "Gold" number, easily remembered), so have had the same number over 21 years.

Even why I had work phones (which I did all the time), I kept a personal account for continuity of family/friends contacts.

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Hugh laeva recumbens anguis Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 69 Services: Premiere Collection Posts: 43,827	Re: Facebook Rebranding First Mobile Number Porting was in 1999 (I know this because I worked at Ventura at the time, and we set up and handled the process for BT Cellnet (as was) - I was in charge of the team who set up the infrastructure (at the Wath-On-Dearne offices, or as we called it, Death-on-Warne…)). It was a very ‘hands-on" manual process, involving Customer Service Reps taking the requests from the customers over the phone, logging them onto a system, then printing off those details and faxing them to BT Cellnet. When I left Ventura to join BT Cellnet, I took my work number with me and transferred it to my wife (as it was an easily remembered number, ending in 3333), so she has had the same number for over 21 years, and I kept the number I had at BT Cellnet when I left (again, because it was a "Gold" number, easily remembered), so have had the same number over 21 years. Even why I had work phones (which I did all the time), I kept a personal account for continuity of family/friends contacts. __________________ Thank you for calling the Abyss. If you have called to scream, please press 1 to be transferred to the Void, or press 2 to begin your stare. If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request.