Keep your own phone number
Move your number to a new phone or a new carrier.
Your number belongs to you, not to the phone or the carrier. It can follow you anywhere.
You ask the new carrier to bring it over. Never cancel the old service first.
Key points
- Your number can follow you to a new phone or a new carrier
- The new carrier requests it, and the old line stays on until it lands
What to remember
- The new carrier does the moving.
- Ask the new carrier. Never close the old line first.
Try this
Find your account number on your carrier bill. A transfer request asks for it.
Practice: Keep your own phone number. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.