You can check your number's eligibility here.

Even though Wireless Local Number Portability (WLNP) has been available nationwide since May 24, 2004, there are other factors that determine whether or not a specific number can be transferred, and WLNP may not be available from all telecommunications' companies. To be transferred, numbers must be in a current Sprint Network coverage area.

If you are a Sprint Business customer and would like to port a toll free (800, 855, 866, 888) number to Sprint, please contact your internal Sprint representative or Account Manager. If you are not a current Sprint Business Customer, please contact our Business Customer Care group at (877) 877-8748.

No. Your number is only portable if it is active on your old service provider's network. Once your number has been approved for transfer, the old number and account will automatically be deactivated with the old service provider.

Note: If you directly contact your old service provider and deactivate your account before or during the porting process, your number will no longer be available to bring to Sprint.

To expedite the transfer, we request that you have a current bill from your existing carrier to provide us with your customer information, especially the following:

• Phone number
• Account number from your old provider
• Last 4 digits of your Social Security Number (SSN) or Tax ID
• Billing name and address on old service provider account

Account password from your old provider (if applicable)

Most ports are completed within a day if you purchased the phone at a store. Typical wireless number transfers can be completed in as little as 10 minutes from the time you receive your device, if all the information is correct at that time. Ports are not processed on holidays.

If you purchase an active Sprint phone:

• You'll get the phone in 3 to 5 days (shipment times may vary)
• Ports from another carrier should be completed after you've received the phone

If you purchase a non-active phone:

• You should get the phone within 2 to 5 days
• Call us from a landline phone to activate a wireless phone; ports from another carrier should be completed within a day

Note: There's a small chance you might experience system issues while porting from your previous carrier. If the port does not occur within the timeframes for your method of purchase, you may be contacted to provide additional information – or you can call us (dial *2 on your Sprint phone or 611 Talk on your Nextel phone).

Yes. You will be responsible for paying all applicable fees to your current provider until the WLNP process has been completed. Additionally, if you are subject to a subscriber agreement, you may be obligated to pay early termination fees or accelerated charges to your current provider.

If you are moving outside of the Sprint coverage area, you will not be able to take your Sprint phone number with you and activate it as a local phone number.

Call (866) 437-1818 with your Sprint PIN.

Yes. You will be able to bring the new number and replace your existing Sprint phone number. You can also bring phone numbers from other pre-paid carriers to Sprint.

Note: Prepaid balances do not transfer from other carriers.

We suggest that you wait to set up your voicemail mailbox until after the phone number you have brought to the Sprint Network has been activated. If you set up your voicemail mailbox prior to this, all messages and settings (including your greeting and password) will be lost when the number you have transferred becomes active.

Sprint strives to ensure that 911 calls are minimally impacted by the WLNP process. However, while 911 calls can be made during the process — subject to the typical limitations of any wireless 911 call — the public safety dispatch center may not receive an accurate telephone number from your handset, should they need to call you back. Therefore, if you need to make an emergency call during the WLNP process, immediately inform the emergency operator of your exact location and your emergency.