Practical: change mobile operator without losing your number, Rio, Késako?

As part ofour files
practices, you are already knowledgeable about everything related to iOS and
l’iPhone, on proposemore than 200 files and other tutorials
dedicated to the iPhone and its uses. But there is one area that we do not have
never dealt with, on which we regularly receive questions and which concerns
owners of iPhones and other mobiles. This is thechange
of operatorand thenumber portability.

At a time when packages are more and more often without commitment, it
it is simply thepossibility of keeping your number
mobile when changing operator!

So: how to do it? how long to expect? what is
the RIO number? where to find it? …It is in practicevery
simple, we will explain all of this to you below:

What is portability?

When you wish to take advantage of the offers of an operator other than your own,
it is necessary to end your contract with it and take one
another with this new operator. If we do not proceed with “portability”,
unfortunately, you lose your preciously exchanged mobile number for
years, and we have a brand new one.

To avoid this, portability allows you to ask to keep your number.
It is a free procedure that takes a few days at most. So he doesn't
You should definitely not deprive yourself of it.

Le simlockage

Incidentally, it is also important when changing operator,
make sure the iPhone isnon simlocké(namely that he can
be used on another network) and have it unlocked if it is not the
case. The iPhones sold by Apple and a certain number of businesses are no
simlocked. Those purchased from an operator are generally blocked with that
operator. He is the one to contact to carry out the operation. It is
free after a period of three months.

How to proceed to request porting

In practice, there is one thing to remember: there is onlyonly one
interlocutor, only one operation to carry out is
with the new chosen operator.

It is therefore not necessaryNOT cancel your subscription, that would be too much
late and the number would be lost.

So to launch a number port, you mustgo to the site
Internet of its future operator. Choose the package and take
the subscription.

Here they are:

At one point, during the transaction, you are asked if you want a
number portability. This is where you have to say yes!

You are then asked to provide a“RIO” number.

It is this number which will allow the new operator to take care of
cancel the subscription to the old operator. L'user does not
Nothing! Cool, right?

But what is this RIO number and how to get it?

The RIO is the acronym for “operator identity statement”, it is a number
that we obtainfree and instantly.

To do this, you must call the number3179, free, since
son mobile.

The server is available 7 days a week, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The number is
announced out loud but don't worry if you don't remember it, it is
usually sent by SMS in parallel.

Once transmitted this RIO number to the new operator, he then
mandate to terminate the contract with the former operator,
without any further intervention.

And after?

When the Rio number has been indicated and the new contract is subscribed,
the new operator will send a new SIM card (be careful to choose carefully
the correct format: nano SIM for iPhone 5 and newer).

An SMS or email indicates the date the portability will be carried out
(some operators allow you to choose the date). It's time to
find the small metal part delivered with the iPhone, which is used to open the
drawer and keep it ready.

On the day and within the announced time slot,the old SIM card
operator is no longer operational, the mobile can no longer
to call.

Unless otherwise stated by the operator which would indicate an activation
automatic, at that moment it is enoughto activate the new
SIM, via the Internet or voice server, with the information received and the
number that comes with the SIM.

Once activated, insert the SIM into the phone, it should connect to
the network of the new operator. Please note, a delay may possibly be
encountered during this switching phase between the two operators, plan in
generally one hour of downtime but some have experienced up to 3
h.

Finally, change the PIN code and write it down!

And that's it, it's won. You have “migrated”.

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