> That is what was wondering me.   It seems that in your country, the
> cell phone industry started out with a standard unique number for
> cell phones to support the idea of making caller pay.   It seems that
> they have maintained that, but I note that according to Ward, the
> "standard" is not a European standard.
 
The starting idea definitely was to have unique numbers but I'm convinced
that the portability of numbers between operators will be extended to
"between technologies" as well thereby obscuring 100% the initial
idea.
 
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