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Timescales: Porting Blackout Dates

Objective

This article shows which dates are unavailable for number porting in the USA and the United Kingdom.

Key Details

8x8 number porting is available Monday-Friday, with the exception of the dates highlighted in this article. 

On the dates mentioned, for each country, it will not be possible to schedule numbers to port to 8x8 and we will have reduced capacity to address other porting related queries.

For any countries not included here, please be aware that whilst our global number porting team will be available to help with queries, it will not be possible to schedule ports to take place on national holidays.

United States of America 

United Kingdom

Friday 23 December 2022 Porting Freeze
Monday 26 December 2022 Boxing Day
Tuesday 27 December 2022 Christmas Day (in lieu)
Friday 30 December 2022 Porting Freeze
Monday 2 January 2023 New Year's Day (in lieu)
Friday 7 April 2023  Good Friday
Monday 10 April 2023 Easter Monday
Monday 1 May 2023 Early May Bank Holiday
Monday 8 May 2023 King's Coronation
Monday 29 May 2023 Spring Bank Holiday
Monday 28 August 2023 Summer Bank Holiday

*The UK intemediary for carriers without porting agreements, BT IPEX, will not be operational between 17 December - 3 January (inclusive). This will impact any port orders between carriers without a direct porting agreement.

Australia

21 December 2022 - 6 January 2023 (inclusive) Porting Freeze

Hong Kong

26 December 2022 - 6 January 2023 (inclusive) Porting Freeze

New Zealand

21 December 2022 - 9 January 2023 (inclusive) Porting Freeze

Republic of Ireland

22 December 2022 - 3 January 2023 (inclusive) Porting Freeze

Singapore

26 December 2022 - 3 January 2023 (inclusive) Porting Freeze
18 January 2023 - 25 January 2023 (inclusive) Porting Freeze

 

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