Update the account information with your name and address, ect. Back on the account page you will see a button the says more details. When you open it you will see the serial number of the phone. That is the account number you need to port the number. It takes about 4 hours from the start until the number is ported.
DEFINITION of 'Broker-Dealer'. A person or firm in the business of buying and selling securities, operating as both a broker and a dealer, depending on the transaction.The term broker-dealer is used in U.S. securities regulation parlance to describe stock brokerages, because most of them act as both agents and principals.A brokerage acts as a broker (or agent) when it executes orders on behalf of clients, whereas it acts as a dealer (or principal) when it trades for its own account. brokerage acts as a broker (or agent) when it executes orders on behalf of clients, whereas it acts as a dealer (or principal) when it trades for its own account.
Broker-dealers are at the heart of the securities and derivatives trading process.Although many broker-dealers are independent firms solely involved in broker-dealer services, many others are business units or subsidiaries of commercial banks, investment banks or investment companies.When executing trade orders on behalf of a customer, the institution is said to be acting as a broker.hen executing trades for its own account, the institution is said to be acting as a dealer. Securities bought from clients or other firms in the capacity of dealer may be sold to clients or other firms acting again in the capacity of dealer, or they may become a part of the firm's holdings.