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Keeping your number

Choosing a new number? Make an account-update checklist first

Update important accounts while you still control the old line.

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List important accounts privately

Prepare to adopt different digits instead of porting. List important accounts privately is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The portability guide concerns retaining digits, not updating external services after a change. An original private worksheet. Do not ask users to post bank accounts, passwords or OTPs into chat.

  • Keep the exact number or address and the plan name.
  • Save the accepted quote and any reference number.
  • Ask in website chat if a fact is not on the current listing. Do not treat a shortlist as a hold.

Keep access to recovery methods

Prepare to adopt different digits instead of porting. Keep access to recovery methods is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The portability guide concerns retaining digits, not updating external services after a change. Write down what you were told, who said it, and which plan version it referred to.

Use each service’s official update flow

Prepare to adopt different digits instead of porting. Use each service’s official update flow is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The portability guide concerns retaining digits, not updating external services after a change. Write down what you were told, who said it, and which plan version it referred to.

Test incoming verification

Prepare to adopt different digits instead of porting. Test incoming verification is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The portability guide concerns retaining digits, not updating external services after a change. Write down what you were told, who said it, and which plan version it referred to.

Update public listings only after confirmation

Prepare to adopt different digits instead of porting. Update public listings only after confirmation is a check you do with the current written offer, the operator account and, where it applies, the official e& or TDRA page. It is not a Probiz price and it does not reserve a number.

The portability guide concerns retaining digits, not updating external services after a change. Write down what you were told, who said it, and which plan version it referred to.

  • Keep the exact number or address and the plan name.
  • Save the accepted quote and any reference number.
  • Ask in website chat if a fact is not on the current listing. Do not treat a shortlist as a hold.

Key takeaway

Prepare to adopt different digits instead of porting. Confirm figures on the written offer. An enquiry does not reserve a number.

Official sources

  • From Probiz Original editorial checklist Checked

    Advice and examples are not operator guarantees, inventory or merchant policy.

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