@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ Some number ranges are explicitly defined as being for fixed-line or mobile
phones. We even represent ranges defined as being "Mostly land-line" in this
phones. We even represent ranges defined as being "Mostly land-line" in this
way.
way.
### What is mobile number portability?
The ability to keep your mobile phone number when changing carriers. To see whether a region supports mobile number portability use [isMobileNumberPortableRegion](https://github.com/googlei18n/libphonenumber/blob/master/java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/PhoneNumberUtil.java#L3275).
### Since it's possible to change the carrier for a phone number, how is the data kept up-to-date?
Not all regions support mobile number portability. For those that don't, we return the carrier when available. For those that do, we return the original carrier for the supplied number.
### What about M2M (machine to machine) numbers?
### What about M2M (machine to machine) numbers?
libphonenumber does not support M2M numbers at the moment, but might in the
libphonenumber does not support M2M numbers at the moment, but might in the