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Wireless Local Number Portability : Bringing Your Phone Number From Another Carrier
Wireless Local Number Portability: Bringing Your Phone Number From Another Carrier
If you are bringing your phone number from
another carrier, your new phone will be active as
soon as you receive it. Nextel will provide you with
a temporary phone number so that you can begin
using your phone immediately. Once the number
you have brought to Nextel is activated, your
temporary phone number will be deactivated and
service with your pre vious carrier will be c ancelled
automatically. You will receive a text message on
your Nextel phone letting you k now that activation
is complete. Simply turn your phone off and back
on again to complete activation.
Here is additional information you need to be
aware of until the number you have brought to
Nextel is active on th e Nextel network:

Nextel® Voice Mail

We suggest you set up y our voice mail box after
the number you brought t o Nextel is active on your
Nextel phone and your te mporary phone number is
deactivated. If you set up your voice mail box prior
to this, all messages and all settings (including
your greeting and password) will be lost when the
number you have brou ght to Nextel becomes
active.

Text Messaging

During the activation p roce ss , i t i s p os si bl e that text
messages may not be properly routed to your
Nextel phone.

911 Calls

Nextel continues to make efforts to ensure that all
911 calls are minimally impacte d b y thi s pr oc es s. If
you make a call to 911 from your temporary phone
number and the call fails, the 911 emergency
response center will not be abl e t o cal l yo u b ack on
your Nextel phone if in the meantime your Nextel
phone has been programmed wit h y our p er ma nent
phone number. As with any wireless 911 call, if
your call is disconnected before location and
details have been provided, be sure to call 911
again and advise that you were disconnected.
Go to nextel.com/wlnp for more d etails.