Changing my number
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21-02-2022 07:42 PM
If I want to change my phone number will I be sent a new sim and will my old number no longer exist if my contacts were to try and contact me on my old number
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21-02-2022 08:52 PM
Indeed so.
If you proceed with a change of number, your old number is disconnected to make way for the new one.
You can't have 2 numbers active on the same SIM at the same time.
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21-02-2022 08:00 PM
Hello @Emma267
Welcome to the EE Community
If you change your number, then the new number replaces your old number.
There's no need for a new SIM, your number can often be changed immediately you ask.
Unless this is for malicious call reasons, there is a charge for number changes.
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21-02-2022 08:27 PM
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21-02-2022 08:52 PM
Indeed so.
If you proceed with a change of number, your old number is disconnected to make way for the new one.
You can't have 2 numbers active on the same SIM at the same time.

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