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'Park' mobile phone number?
tracierom
13-01-2013
My husband is getting a company phone and needs to start using the office number. We will be cancelling his personal account as it is no longer required but we don't want to loose his mobile number. Can you 'keep' mobile numbers unused some where?? Thanks
Gormond
13-01-2013
Just port it to a PAYG SIM.
Step666
13-01-2013
If you move it onto PAYG, you'll need to be sure to make the occasional call or send the occasional text to avoid the account being cancelled - merely receiving calls/texts isn't enough.

I think on most networks you have to make a 'connection activity' every 3 months to keep the account active, on T-Mobile it's definitely 6 months and I'm pretty certain that on Virgin it's every 12 months.
flagpole
13-01-2013
easiest is probably just to tell his current network he wants to convert to PAYG.

you wont need another sim or anything. they'll just do it. set up the answer phone to say this is not currently your main number, and send a text every so often.
chrisjr
13-01-2013
Originally Posted by tracierom:
“My husband is getting a company phone and needs to start using the office number. We will be cancelling his personal account as it is no longer required but we don't want to loose his mobile number. Can you 'keep' mobile numbers unused some where?? Thanks”

So what if he has a company phone? Why does he need to cancel his own phone?

Surely he can just use the company phone for company business and the personal phone for personal business? And what is the company's stance on making personal calls on the company phone?
flagpole
13-01-2013
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“So what if he has a company phone? Why does he need to cancel his own phone?

Surely he can just use the company phone for company business and the personal phone for personal business? And what is the company's stance on making personal calls on the company phone?”

calm down chris.
whoever,hey
13-01-2013
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“So what if he has a company phone? Why does he need to cancel his own phone?

Surely he can just use the company phone for company business and the personal phone for personal business? And what is the company's stance on making personal calls on the company phone?”

Plenty of companies have no issue at all with you using it personally and is often one of the perks to the job on top of the salary.
chrisjr
13-01-2013
Originally Posted by flagpole:
“calm down chris.”

Perfectly calm.

Just wondering why getting a company phone has any effect on a personal phone? I can see why using the company phone for company business means he would stop using the personal phone for work related calls. But why stop using it altogether? Especially if the company don't allow personal calls to be made on their phone.
whoever,hey
13-01-2013
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“Perfectly calm.

Just wondering why getting a company phone has any effect on a personal phone? I can see why using the company phone for company business means he would stop using the personal phone for work related calls. But why stop using it altogether? Especially if the company don't allow personal calls to be made on their phone.”

Plenty of businesses use a company phone as a perk, so you wouldn't need a personal phone. Saving money, especially if the work phone is a good one.
chrisjr
13-01-2013
Originally Posted by whoever,hey:
“Plenty of companies have no issue at all with you using it personally and is often one of the perks to the job on top of the salary.”

And I have worked for bosses who query every penny you spend on business calls! So cuts both ways.
tracierom
14-01-2013
Thanks for the advice and ideas. At the moment he has an expensive monthly contract that has expired. He hardly uses the phone for personal calls and rarely texts; for the amount he will use company phone personally there won't be a problem. But for the same reason no point in keep paying existing contract for half dozen calls! He also doesn't want two phones to carry.
The idea of getting the contract changed to payg sounds ideal, we can use sim in the car... Therefore hanging onto his number. Many thanks Flagpole
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