How can i buy a british phone number (for exaple from Orange, Vodafone), if I

**us4ever.dude** · 01-09-2010, 07:46 AM

live abroad? I live in Italy and i need a british cell phone number.
how can i solve this?

**amania_r** · 01-09-2010, 07:47 AM

You can't port numbers between countries and I guess you don't want to pay roaming rates so you don't have many options here

**cheekyme** · 01-09-2010, 07:47 AM

Probably a good place to start is your network provider in Italy. You need to ask if you can port a UK number. Assuming they allow it you then need to buy a UK pay as you go SIM and call the provider of that SIM to ask for a porting authority code (pac) then give this code to the italian provider.

**cheekyme** · 01-09-2010, 07:47 AM

Probably a good place to start is your network provider in Italy. You need to ask if you can port a UK number. Assuming they allow it you then need to buy a UK pay as you go SIM and call the provider of that SIM to ask for a porting authority code (pac) then give this code to the italian provider.