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Will new sim card / phone number expire?
I got a bonus sim card when order one.
It has a nice phone number so I want to keep the bonus one as well.
Will the sim / number expired if I did not activate it right now? Or the number will keep forever as long as I did not activate the sim?
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SIM cards normally have a ‘shelf life” of around two years.
Strandloper is pretty much spot on with his thoughts.
If the number is that good, would be worth switching to it and letting all the relevant people know. I did this back in the early 2000’s, when Virgin Mobile sold SIM card packs and accompanying paperwork in CD cases. I came across a great number, used Virgin Mobile for a little while, then ported the number to my preferred network. I still have that number to this day.
The way to keep a number attached to a SIM is to have an active plan on it, and use it at least once every 6 months ( such as a monthly data or voice and date plan for one month in six).
I think you could get a plan, such as the "£5 until used" (for either data or voice) add-on, and the make at least one phone call or data use every 6 months. I may misunderstand the add-on bit, and there use, so check up on the T&C's
