More than half the people in the United States use a cellphone, according to Planet Omni. With advanced features being added to phones and to networks at a rapid pace, it’s likely that number will grow. To maintain some kind of competitive marketplace, the law permits subscribers from one network to take their telephone number with them when they switch to another network. The network providers are permitted to recover their costs for transferring numbers. The procedure for transferring from Verizon to MetroPCS is straightforward. Writer Bio
