How to transfer landline number to cell phone

Tech Tip

• Dec. 11, 2017

Q. Can I transfer my landline telephone number — one I’ve had for years — to a new wireless smartphone?

A. Moving your landline telephone number to a mobile phone is possible if you are staying in the same geographic area, but you should check with the wireless carrier you want to use to make sure the company can handle it. (However, if you have a separate long-distance calling plan for your old home- telephone service, expect it to get left behind as your new carrier takes over.)

In addition to moving landlines, the Federal Communications Commission says you can also keep the same wireless number if you are switching service providers. The agency’s website has a consumer guide to taking your phone number with you.

Most of the major national wireless carriers have their own online guides to lead you through the process of transferring (or “porting”) your existing telephone number to their networks. And AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless all have pages on their sites where you can type in your number to check its transfer eligibility.

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You should also be able to make the move by visiting a retail store run by your prospective carrier. Have a copy of your current phone bill or other account information available to prove the number legitimately belongs to you. Once the transfer is in the works, it may take a few days to fully transition over and both the landline and the smartphone may ring when a call comes in during this period.

Let us show you how to divert your landline telephone to your mobile phone if you are an M1, Starhub, MyRepublic and Singtel subscriber.

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

In this 'easy way' article, let us show you how to easily divert any phone calls from your landline to your mobile phone. We show you how to activate the divert and how to deactivate them as well.

In Singapore, we have four telco operators who provide both landline and mobile phone services. Please do note, MyRepublic only has a digital landline. Please follow the instructions below for each respective telco operator in Singapore to divert your phone calls from landline to mobile phone.

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

1. M1 limited

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

M1 provides call diversion free for their customers. To activate M1's call diversion service, dial " * 2 1 <mobile number> #" to activate the service. M1 also provides a verification service, where you can check if your call diversion activation is successful by dialling " * # 2 1 *". Finally, to deactivate the call divert, dial " # 2 1 #".

M1 also offers a range of call divert options. What we have shown above is the unconditional call divert, this means there is no ring tone on your landline, all phone calls divert to your mobile phone. But there are also options to divert calls to your mobile phone is the landline call is unanswered or busy.

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

2. Singtel

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

Before you attempt to divert your call from a landline to mobile, you may be required to subscribe to a call divert or call forwarding service from Singtel before you can divert your phone calls.

To activate, dial ' * 2 1 0 <phone number> * " and wait for an activation dial tone. To deactivate your call divert, please dial " # 2 1 1 # ". Singtel does not provide a verification option to confirm if the call diverts from your landline to your mobile phone, you need a third party to test if the service is activated.

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

3. Starhub

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

Starhub's call diverts service is an add-on called "Call Divert Plus". You have the option to either pay monthly or a one-time charge to activate the service. Once activated, you can use the following steps to activate and deactivate the service.

To activate dial " * 7 2 <phone number> # " and to deactivate the call divert from your landline to your mobile phone dial " * 7 3 ".

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

4. My Republic

Easy way to divert landline to mobile in Singapore

It is fantastic to have My Republic in the mix of Telco options in Singapore. They are genuinely blasting through the competition and are on their way to become a more significant shareholder of the market. As far as we know, their call forwarding or divert services are included in their voice package and do not require any additional cost.

To activate call divert you can dial " * 7 2 <phone number> " and to deactivate just dial " # 7 2 ". My Republic does not offer a verification code to check if your landline phone call diverts to your mobile phone. You need to get someone else to call and check on your behalf.

Another point to take note for all the call diverts, you may want to check with your respective Telco providers if you can divert your landline to an overseas phone number outside of Singapore. As far we know, these call diverts only work on local phone numbers only.

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