Since December 2013, mobile users have been able to change their mobile operator, keeping their phone number. Now, if you want to use the services of a new company, you do not need to notify your friends, relatives and clients that it is impossible to reach you by dialing old numbers. If you do not know how to change the operator without changing the number, you can act in accordance with the recommendations given.
How to change the operator, keeping the number: switching to Beeline
To switch to Beeline without changing the number, you need to take your passport and contact the nearest customer service office of this cellular company to write an application.
To change the operator, it is necessary that there are no debts on the account, the database of the previous cellular company had up-to-date passport and other data.
You can change the operator only within one constituent entity of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the change is possible only for users of federal numbers, landline phones can only be serviced by the current telecom operator.
When you apply, you will be given a temporary mobile number on a new SIM card. Until the transition to a new operator, you can use both SIM cards, while Beeline will send you messages about the stage at which the process of changing the operator is.
On the day of the change of the cellular service company, communication services may be temporarily unavailable, so it is worth considering in advance how you will contact your friends, family and clients.
If you want to change the operator without changing the number, but do not have the opportunity to drive up personally to the office of the company, you can order a courier who will bring a temporary Beeline SIM card and send the completed documents to the office.
How to change the operator without changing the number: switching to MTS
The process of changing a telecom operator to MTS while maintaining the number is possible subject to the same conditions as on Beeline. There should be no debt on the number, it should not be blocked.
To go, you need to write an application at the company's office, entering the passport data into it.
Until the solution of all technical problems on changing the operator on MTS, you can use the old SIM card. The day before the transition, a message will be sent to the phone with the corresponding notification, after which you can insert a new SIM card into the device, issued at the time of writing the application.
The refusal to transfer the number to the MTS operator can be explained by the fact that the data in the application does not coincide with the content of the old operator's questionnaire (they must first be changed if necessary), there is a debt on the account (there is not enough money to pay for the transfer service, the cost of which is 100 rubles), 60 days have not passed since the previous operator change, If you decide to change the operator without changing the number, by going to MTS, you can choose any convenient tariff at the time of writing the application, otherwise the "Super MTS" financial plan will be established. When changing an operator with a choice of a tariff, remember that in some cases an advance payment for communication services is required, and therefore the required amount must be on the account.
How to change a mobile operator without changing the number: switching to Megafon
To go, you need to contact the office of the company with a passport and conclude a new contract for the provision of cellular services.
The porting of the number is carried out within 30 days from the date of writing the application.
The conditions for changing the operator to Megafon are exactly the same as for other operators.
The cost of the service for changing the operator to Megafon, as in other cases, is 100 rubles. However, if you decide to change the operator without changing the number, if you successfully transfer to the new network, this cost will go to your account, and the funds can be used to pay for mobile Internet.
