A mobile network outage, like the one Verizon customers experienced on Wednesday, could leave you stranded without one of your most critical lines of access to the world for hours if you're reliant ...

O2 is to launch a fixed/mobile convergence service for small businesses, the company has said. The service, called Fixed Number Anywhere, will give users a landline-style number that channels calls ...

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Q: When moving your landline number to a mobile phone, what about transferring it to Google Voice? A: For those unfamiliar with it, the Google Voice service provides you with one centralized telephone ...

Q. I want to transfer a phone number I've had for decades, but my new ISP says I can't port it over because it's in a different "rate zone." Any other way I can keep my home number? A. The Federal ...

When Andy Brady had his cable television service installed, a landline telephone number was part of the package deal. He’s never hooked a phone to it, though. That probably says something about the ...