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Local '''''Number Portability''''' enables customers in the United States to keep their telephone number when switching Service Providers.
 
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'''''Alternate Number, Call Forward Number'''''
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A process by which a telephone number may be reassigned from one Local Exchange Carrier to another.
 
'''''Local NPAC (Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) Database'''''
 
The eight (8) regional Number Portability Administration Center Databases which contain current Service Provider switching specific information about TNs involved in porting activity.
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'''''LSMS (Local Service Management System) Database'''''
 
The [[ LSP (Local Service Provider)]]  owned network database which holds down-loaded ported number information.   The NPAC (Number Portability Administration Center) SMS (service management system) downloads information to the LSMS; the LSMS supplies porting data to the SCP (service control point) used for the routing of telephone calls.
 
'''''Migrate'''''
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'''''NPAC (Number Portability Administration Center)'''''
 
Porting data is available throughout the U.S. from the NPAC database via IVR access.  Throughout the 02-011 document, referral to access porting data, does NOT mean IVR access.
 
'''''Recipient Company'''''
 
The new Service Provider responsible for the end user’s telephone service and E9‑1‑1 data after the migration of the telephone number from a Donor Service Provider.
 
'''''Remote Call Forwarding'''''
 
As utilized within Interim Number Portability, a permanent call forwarding feature that allows a call to one Directory Number to be automatically advanced to a Directory Number of another Local Exchange Carrier.
 
'''''Unlock'''''
 
The action required by a 9-1-1 Database Management System Provider, upon notification from a Donor Company, that makes the end user's telephone number record available for the Recipient Company to replace the customer details and Company ID.
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'''NENA-STA-020''', NENA Standard for 9-1-1 Call Processing
[https://www.nena.org/page/ResponseWireless911 NENA 56-001, Guidelines For Minimum Response to Wireless 9-1-1 Calls]
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