With mobile number portability just four weeks away, the story behind the move has been emerging.
Months of negotiations between the Communications Commission and Manx Telecom, Sure and Cloud 9 will mean users soon be able to switch company and take their numbers with them.
On Mandate today, Jason Roberts asked director of legal and regulatory affairs for Cable & Wireless Peter Stahelin how you go about setting up such a complex system:

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