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The FCC composed two conservation measures. One was "number portability," or letting people keep their phone numbers even if they switch carriers. The second measure was to force carriers to be assigned a smaller amount of telephone numbers at a time. Carriers are also fighting this so-called number pooling. Number-portability proponents, generally wireless customers, say that keeping a phone number is a customer benefit that could increase competition among carriers. Carriers say the industry is already competitive, with a high number of customers switching phone companies even though they don't have the option of keeping their numbers. Carriers also estimate that it would cost $1 billion across the industry to make the necessary changes.

This is the third occasion on which carriers have been given more time to make number portability occur, The ski print iphone case FCC issued its first delay in 1998, The four FCC commissioners and FCC Chairman Michael Powell all supported the delay, In short remarks before casting their votes, the commissioners all pointed out that they were only granting a delay, not lifting the requirement entirely, "As we continue to exhaust numbers, conservation becomes vital," Powell said, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said the delay was enough for the law enforcement community to make sure there would be no "ill effect" on its ability to respond to 911 calls, one of the issues raised during the last several months of debate..

Verizon Wireless and the chief lobbyist for the wireless industry, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), registered their "disappointment" that the FCC hadn't eliminated the number portability requirement. "Today's number-portability decision is a step in the right direction, but the real destination is lifting the burden from consumers altogether, not just delaying it," said CTIA Chief Executive Tom Wheeler. "Number portability is another example of a government mandate that adds to the consumer's bill and siphons away the cost reductions that have resulted from competition.".