Number porting to Google Voice is now official.

Users wanting to do this will have to terminate their existing cell phone contract.

By  VoipPlanet.com Staff | Jan 26, 2011
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"Google on Jan. 25 officially made number portability part of its Google Voice repertoire, allowing users to take their longtime mobile phone number to the phone-management service," writes eWeek's Clint Boulton.

"Google Voice is a phone-management application that lets any user route all their landlines, work and mobile calls through one special number and mailbox, accessible through the Web via Google's cloud-computing infrastructure," Boulton writes.

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Google Voice Number Portability May Not Spur Adoption

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