Why do you need to change your Megafon number?
The reasons for changing your number can be very different. Most often, people want to get a new number in order to completely and completely break ties with unwanted acquaintances or even former family members. For some, this helps to significantly reduce psychological tension, although others consider it an attempt to escape from problems.
Another reason to change your number may be the desire to get a beautiful set of numbers in the new number that will be easy for other people to remember. This opportunity is especially relevant for those who provide various services or sell goods. Sometimes it’s simply more convenient or interesting to have a beautiful and memorable number.
Ways to change your number yourself
For those subscribers who cannot or do not want to visit mobile phone stores, there are several options for changing the number on their own:
- Using the “Service Guide” through your personal account. First, you need to log into your personal account on the operator’s official website. Then install this service and select from the menu. Having selected a number from the free options provided, you should confirm the actions by sending a specific USSD command from your mobile phone. Or leave a request in the "Support" section. After reviewing the application by MegaFon specialists, available numbers will be sent.
- Using USSD commands. To change the number using this method, you need to dial a simple combination *105#, then the call button. Various services provided by the operator will be displayed on the screen; you need to select “Services - number change”. Next, you will be able to select a number from the proposed list. With just a few combinations you can change your number without spending a lot of free time on this procedure.
- With the help of a hotline consultant. To change the number, but leave the old SIM card as the next option, you need to contact the company manager by calling the service line at 0500 or 0505. This method is the most understandable, since all the actions will be performed by a specialist. And the subscriber only has to provide information to prove his identity, answer questions and make a choice in favor of one of his favorite combinations of numbers. The subscription fee is one-time and depends on the room class.
Changing a MegaFon number can cost from 60 rubles, provided the numbers in the number are standard, and more. Also, there is a choice of rooms from the “Bronze” and “Silver” collections costing from 750 to 5000 rubles. To purchase a “Gold” and “Platinum” number, you will have to go to the nearest MegaFon office. In the operator’s salon, you can not only choose a unique number, but also order the desired one.
It is possible to change not only the federal, but also the city number, or replace them with each other. Their main difference is the number of digits and type, the federal one begins with the city code, and the city one is similar to the home one.
How to change the number on Megafon
Megafon provides the opportunity to change your number without purchasing a new SIM card or concluding a new contract. There are city and federal numbers of various categories to choose from.
The cost of the service will be 50 rubles . when receiving a new number from the “regular” list. If you need to connect a new gold, silver, platinum, etc. number, then you will have to pay 50 rubles for it. + cost of the service for choosing a room of the appropriate category.
You can change your number without replacing the SIM card in the Megafon company salon or completely remotely.
To change your number remotely, you need to write a request in free form through your personal account or the feedback form in the “Support” section on the company’s website.
The number will be changed on the same day the request is registered. But subject to the availability of the required amount on the balance.
Terms of service
- the account has the amount required for payment;
- more than three months have passed since the previous number change;
- You can send up to three requests per day; if this limit is exceeded, the number will not be changed.
How to choose a new Megafon number yourself
When you contact a Megafon salon for a new number, a company consultant may offer to select it from among the available ones.
You can also choose a new number in the company’s online store.
The following room categories are available for the client to choose from:
- Simple . There is no need to pay extra for their choice. When changing your number, only the standard fee of 50 rubles will be charged.
- Bronze . An additional payment of 10 thousand rubles is charged for a city number of this category, and 750 rubles for a federal number.
- Silver . Choosing a federal number of this type will cost 5 thousand rubles, and a city number – 25 thousand rubles.
- Gold . To choose a city number of this type you have to pay 35 thousand rubles, and a federal number - 15 thousand rubles.
- Platinum . City numbers of this category cost 50 thousand rubles, and federal numbers – 25 thousand rubles.
You can only select numbers that are available for a specific region. Because of this, platinum numbers are often out of stock.
How much does it cost to change a number?
You can only change the simple dial XXX XXX XXXXX, which falls into the category of regular numbers, for free. But if the choice falls on another option, part of the gold or silver series, then you will need to pay the corresponding amount.
Category | Mobile | Urban |
Ordinary | 0 | 2,000 rub. |
Silver | 5,000 rub. | 25,000 rub. |
Bronze | 750 rub. | 10,000 rub. |
Platinum | 25,000 rub. | 50,000 rub. |
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Megaphone
allows you not to lose contact with loved ones or colleagues. Using it, the client will be able not to lose important contacts and at the same time avoid unwanted calls to a new number.
The service consists of forwarding calls from the old number to a specially designated service number. Depending on the service option, the caller will hear either a standard message about the number being unavailable or information about a new number. In this case, the called client will in any case be sent a short text message with information about the subscriber who tried to call him on the old number.
It is important to consider the following work features:
- It does not work if the old SIM card is blocked.
- The service can only be used if the old number is valid.
- The balance of the old number must contain an amount sufficient to pay for at least 1 minute of forwarding, otherwise the service will not work.
- If the system cannot correctly determine the number of the calling subscriber, then it does not send a notification about the call via SMS.
- The validity period of the service is 3 months. It turns off automatically. 3 days before the expiration of the service, the client is notified via SMS.
- The service is provided without a connection fee, and there is also no subscription fee.
Changing your number is available to all users of the Megafon network, except legal entities. Corporate clients have to contact their manager personally if they need to change their subscriber dialing numbers. To become the owner of a new set of XXX XXX XXXXX, you need to use a special service and do not contact a customer service salon.
Regardless of the existing reasons for changing 11 digits, the operator allows you to cancel your old phone number. And the main thing is that you don’t have to wait long for the contract to be reissued or for your decision to be approved by employees.
Replacement is carried out in several ways:
- in your personal account;
- through the Service Guide;
- visit to a service salon;
- call to customer service.
Information about changing the number posted on the Megafon website.
How to use the service
After receiving an SMS with information about a special service number, the client needs to set up call forwarding on the old numbers. To do this, you need to execute the command **21*service number# from them.
The client can also independently change operating modes. To set a one-way mode, in which the caller hears a standard notification about the device being turned off, you need to use the USSD command *270*1# - if the mode needs to be set for all old numbers. To set one-way mode for a specific old number, you need to execute the command *270*1*9XXXXXXXXXX#.
Two-way mode allows not only the called subscriber to receive an SMS with information about the number of the calling client, but also sets a message with a new number for the autoinformer. It can be activated for all old numbers using the USSD request *270*2#, and for a specific old number using the command *270*2*9XXXXXXXXXX#.
The ability to change a number without replacing a SIM card allows Megafon customers to choose a beautiful number or simply get rid of annoying calls. At the same time, a request to change the number can be submitted remotely, which significantly saves time.
Online store
If you don’t have time to visit the operator’s showroom, then you can easily change your Megafon number through the online store, just follow these steps:
- Open the online store page;
- Point to the section “Rates and rooms” - “Select a room”;
- Use any number selection method you are interested in or select from the existing ones;
- Place an order by entering all the required data and select a delivery method
Do you have a question about how to change the number on Megafon yourself using one command? We would like to upset you and inform you that replacing a Megafon number online using the command is impossible!!!
We hope you now understand that it is very simple to change your phone to Megafon.
Benefits of saving a SIM card
This option has many advantages. Firstly, you don’t have to look for Megafon’s office and waste time going there. The entire procedure can be completed online without leaving your home. It is enough to have access to the Internet on a computer or smartphone. Secondly, most subscribers have their contacts recorded on the SIM card, and not on the phone. When replacing it, all numbers will have to be entered manually again. Needless to say, saving a SIM card will save a huge amount of time in this case. Thirdly, a very good tariff may be attached to the SIM card, which will be lost when it is changed. But on the new one you can no longer select it, since Megafon sent it to the archive. Thus, saving a SIM card will also help save money on telephone communications.
Option “Change subscriber number”
Subscribers who want to become the owner of a new set of numbers do not have to contact Megafon. The application is completed independently, without leaving home. A change in contractual relationship with Megafon is possible due to:
- Calls from ill-wishers;
- frequent requests from spammers;
- the operator has beautiful or memorable numbers.
Legal entities can also change their Megafon number. To implement plans, the subscriber must contact a personal manager. Changing the subscriber dialing numbers is possible, but for legal entities. persons there are other requirements. For example, you will have to wait for the contract to be renewed. The decision must be approved by the employees included in the corporate agreement.
- For your information
- The operator provides the opportunity to change if the company that owns the subscriber ID is dissolved.
A corporate subscriber can also be re-registered as an individual. To solve the problem, you need to contact the Megafon salon; corporate data cannot be changed online. To re-register, you need information about a legal entity and a power of attorney for a representative with a passport. From an individual, only passport information is sufficient.