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change of responsibility

to transfer ownership of and responsibility for a telecommunications carrier account from one person or organization to another.

In plain English

This means putting a carrier account into someone else’s name. The account then belongs to that other person or organization, and responsibility for it moves from the current holder to the new one.

In context

Here, change of responsibility names moving a line or account into another person’s or organization’s name by transferring the carrier account’s ownership and responsibility to that new holder.

Situation
Porting numbers, activating SIM or eSIM, replacing devices, and changing account details
What it communicates
names the workflow for moving a line or account into another person's name

Meaning limits

The term itself does not say whether the transfer is permitted or completed.

Examples

“They filed a change of responsibility to put the carrier account in the clinic's name instead of the landlord's.”

Core meaning

“A change of responsibility from the departing flatmate to the remaining tenant was pending on the house line.”

In context