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Number Portability

It is a challenge these days to get number portability sorted out. In fact in this case it was easier to go back to the PSTN than to use VoIP and try to port your number. See Tom's blog for details.

Number portability seems to still be a major problem in the world of VoIP and one of the first stories about the topic was by yours truly. In this article I mentioned I am switching from Vonage to AT&T CallVantage because I couldn't port my number.

Now it seems that AT&T CallVantage is the poor stepchild of AT&T -- who knows if this service will even last. There is little or no branding or messaging for this service. It will be interesting to see how CallVantage does in the next few years.

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Alcatel and Lucent No Deal?

A flurry of articles are now out there in cyberspace hinting that Alcatel and Lucent may not merge after all. The telecom market seems to have already responded to this deal and competitors have been repositioning themselves to compete with a  single telecom service provider giant. If the deal doesn’t go through it may now put Lucent and Alcatel at a disadvantage.

See also:

Update: Alcatel-Lucent: One Step Closer
Alcatel Lands Nortel Deal; Lucent Merger Appears Shaky
Alcatel to buy Nortel's UMTS business
Nortel sells UMTS business to Alcatel for $320m
Alcatel to buy part of Nortel wireless unit
US EQUITIES WEEK AHEAD: Lucent-Alcatel Combo Goes To Vote
French Firm against Lucent-Alcatel Deal

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