Keeping my number

[JanUS]

Is there a 6 month time limit on not using your phone in the UK? Will I lose my number if I don’t get back in time? I’m in America at the moment but won’t get back in June as planned due to covid.

[jonsie · Accepted solution]

You need to make a chargeable call in any 6 month period @JanUS 

[JanUS]

Will a call made from America work? I was told it had to be done in uk to keep my account open.

[MI5]

@JanUS 

Any charge to your account from anywhere is fine.

[McLeodsinOz]

Hi! I am in Australia and also won't be back to the UK for some time. I put my O2 SIM into my Australian handset to make that 6-monthly text recently, but forgot to switch the data off on the handset first, so it immediately swallowed up all my credit (DOH!).  Whilst that was neither a call nor a text, I was clearly charged, so can I assume that I have met my 6-montly requirement?

[MI5]

Yes it will count @McLeodsinOz