Carrier News, Porting and Phone Guides
Carrier shutdowns, sales, network switches, price changes and step-by-step porting guides from BestCellular.com. Every article is checked against the carrier’s own sources and dated, so you know it is current.
How BestCellular.com articles are checked
Every one of these articles is checked against the carrier’s own pages, the FCC or another primary source, and each one carries a date. When a fact changes, the article is corrected and the date is updated. Older articles from when Best Cellular was a phone company have been rewritten or kept as clearly marked archive records.
Best Cellular sells nothing: no service, phones, SIM cards, accessories or advertising. These articles exist to help you switch carriers and keep your number.
Where to start if you are switching carriers
- Get your account number and transfer PIN with the transfer PIN lookup.
- See which network a brand runs on in the carrier directory.
- Check service where you live on the coverage map.
- Find out if a brand still exists on the list of carriers that shut down.
- Browse every free wireless tool in one place.
Your right to keep your number when you switch is federal law. The FCC explains it in its guide to keeping your phone number when you change providers.
Switching carriers?
Get the account number and transfer PIN steps for your current carrier before you port your number.