CRTC Gives App Developers Access to Consumer Number Portability Information

App developers will now have access to the Canadian Number Portability Administration Centre Service Management System. The system contains information about consumers' number portability and ensures that they can keep the same phone number when switching providers.

App developers will now have access to the Canadian Number Portability Administration Centre Service Management System. The system contains information about consumers' number portability and ensures that they can keep the same phone number when switching providers.

Friday's CRTC decision to enable third-party access to this database reflects the fact that many smartphone apps route traffic directly to end-users, without the involvement of telecom carriers. The database provides the routing information that ensures that traffic reaches the end-user.

This means that when one changes carriers, their apps will continue to work as they should, which will make switching providers a little easier.