topic Re: Transferring phone number to new sim in SIM cards & Porting

Transferring phone number to new sim

SI85 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:45:15 GMT

I’m currently waiting for my sim to arrive and selected the option to transfer my Sky mobile number, has this process started already or will it wait until the SIM card has arrived as I require my phone and cannot lose access due to the number transferring before I have my SIM card

Re: Transferring phone number to new sim

Chris_B — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:47:53 GMT

@SI85 It will not start until the EE sim is activated and then it’ll take up to 24 hours to migrate your number. The EE sim will have a temporary number on it as you can’t have a working sim without a number.

Re: Transferring phone number to new sim

XRaySpeX — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:49:01 GMT

Your no. will be ported within 1 working day of when you activate your EE SIM on the EE network.

Re: Transferring phone number to new sim

SI85 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:02:42 GMT

Great thanks that was my only concern in case there were any delays with the delivery

Re: Transferring phone number to new sim

SI85 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:02:52 GMT

Great thanks that was my only concern in case there were any delays with the delivery

Re: Transferring phone number to new sim

XRaySpeX — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:03:34 GMT

Thanks! You're welcome 🙂 ! Glad I could be of assistance & trust it is now sorted.

Re: Transferring phone number to new sim

SI85 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:35:57 GMT

I bought a sim with EE and transferred my SKY number so it would be ready when I receive the sim, how will I know when my old number has transferred and will I be able to use all other functions until the number has transferred

Re: Transferring phone number to new sim

chistery — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:46:52 GMT

Hi @SI85

The porting process only starts when you activate the SIM, then it should happen next business day. You can use the temporary number assigned to the SIM until that happens and get the same access you'll get when your number ports over.