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WirelessLocalNumber Portability:Bringing YourPhone Number From AnotherCarrier
Wireless Local NumberPortability: Bringing YourPhone Number FromAnotherCarrier
Ifyou are bringing yourphone number from
anothercarrier, yournew phone will be active as
soonas you receive it. Nextelwill provide you with
atemporary phone numberso that you can begin
using your phone immediately .O nce the number
you have brought to Nextel is activated, your
temporaryphone number willbe deactivated and
service with your previous car rier will be cancelled
automatically.You willreceive a text message on
yourNextel phone lettingyou know that activation
is complete. Simply turn your pho ne off and back
onagain to complete activation.
Here is additional informati ony ou need to be
aware of until the number you have br ought to
Nextel is active on the Nextel netwo rk:

Nextel®Voice M ail

Wes uggest you set up y our voice mail box after
then umber you brought to Nextel is active on your
Nextel phone and your tempo rary phone number is
deactivated.If you set upyour voice mail box prior
tot his, all messages and all set tings (including
yourgreeting and password)will be lost when the
numberyou have broughtto Nextel becomes
active.

TextMess aging

Duringthe activationprocess, it ispossible that text
messagesmay not be properlyrouted to your
Nextelphone.

911Cal ls

Nextel continues to make effort st oe nsure that all
911calls are minimallyimpacted by thisprocess. If
youmake a call to 911from your temporary phone
numberand the call fails, the 911 emergency
responsecenterwill not be able to callyou back on
yourNextel phone if in themeantime your Nextel
phonehas been programmedwith your permanent
phone number. As with any wirel ess 911 call, if
yourcall is disconnectedbefore location and
details have been pro vided, be sure to ca ll 911
againand advise that youwere disconnected.
Goto www.nextel.com/wlnp for more details.