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What could replace your phone number some day?

Answer: An IP address

The FCC is now exploring what the world would look like without phone numbers. The commission requested that companies interested in helping to explore such a scenario submit their ideas by late February. AT&T and Verizon are among the companies that will conduct unregulated testing in rural areas and then report back to the FCC.

Colin wrote for Government Technology and Emergency Management from 2010 through most of 2016.