Porting to a promotional data SIM? [solved]

chopsuey said:
Tried my luck on Friday.

Send the following eMail to [email protected] :



Reply:



The reply was a bit ambiguous, but enough "proof" for the CellC sales person to start phoning around.

After about an hour on the phone, somebody confirmed that it is possible, but when it was tried on the in-store system, it failed.

The store told me they would phone me back ,so I left. An hour or two later CellC sales person phoned me and I was told it could only be done by one (?) person that would only be available on Monday.

So lets see what happens next week. I'll give some feedback ... (PS, I would probably only be able to visit the shop towards the end of the week)
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Hi chopsuey,

I can confirm that it is indeed possible, because I have managed to do it. It is not possible to do it instore however. What you need to do is the following:
1.) Purchase a normal Cell C prepaid SIM card and let the guys instore port your number to that SIM. It takes about 24 hours.
2.) Also pushase the Cell C prepaid data sim and RICA it, but don's open it yet.
3.) After your number is ported to the normal Cell C sim as per step 1 above, your number is on Cell C.
4.) Email [email protected] with your Cell phone number and the RICA Serial number of your data sim and ask them to do a number change.

Like I said in a previous post, it is not a simple or painless process, but it can be done.

I don't want to give out the contact details of Cell C employees here, but if you send me a personal message I will give you the name and email address of the guy who assisted me.

Regards,
gadnex
 
gadnex said:
Hi chopsuey,

I can confirm that it is indeed possible, because I have managed to do it. It is not possible to do it instore however. What you need to do is the following:
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Thanx, got it sorted out. Basically what you posted, but number change happened in-store.

This second visit took me about an hour and a half.... at-least I had 2 cups of pretty good coffee.
 
Please Clarify

gadnex said:
Hi chopsuey,

I can confirm that it is indeed possible, because I have managed to do it. It is not possible to do it instore however. What you need to do is the following:
1.) Purchase a normal Cell C prepaid SIM card and let the guys instore port your number to that SIM. It takes about 24 hours.
2.) Also pushase the Cell C prepaid data sim and RICA it, but don's open it yet.
3.) After your number is ported to the normal Cell C sim as per step 1 above, your number is on Cell C.
4.) Email [email protected] with your Cell phone number and the RICA Serial number of your data sim and ask them to do a number change.

Like I said in a previous post, it is not a simple or painless process, but it can be done.

I don't want to give out the contact details of Cell C employees here, but if you send me a personal message I will give you the name and email address of the guy who assisted me.

Regards,
gadnex
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Hi All
I went through all the posts in this thread and went to cell C to ask about using Cell C Data sim in Iphone 4 (After modifying sim)The lady was clueless after spending 1 hour on phone she said its not possible as Cell C wont support all Iphone features.Please can anyone clarify it.I want to use Data SIM in my iphone 4 and want to make calls and sent sms.How's it going to work?Also if its possible what to do?Also want to port my number from Vodacom to this SIM.Any help would be apreciated.Thanks
 
Allow me to tell you guys a story from the land of stupid...

I have a Cell C prepaid number that I have used for years. My goal was to either have this number swapped onto a data sim, or to have the promotional data bundles bolted onto my current number/sim.

So I contacted gadnex and got hold of his contacts at Cell C that helped him successfully port his number from another network to a CellC data sim. I drove all the way out to the particular store where it was done (65kms) after calling them and being assured that this was possible. Now comes the exciting part... When I arrived there, after an hour of waiting and calling around they tell me THEY CANNOT SWAP AN EXISTING CELL C PREPAID NUMBER ONTO THESE DATA SIMS. Apparently their system is incapable of doing this. I was told that the only way I could achieve my goal was to port away from cell C and then port back. Next exciting part... YOU CANNOT PORT TWICE WITHIN A 3 MONTH PERIOD! Even the senior escalation manager at the Cell C technical department confirmed this story.

So thus ends my rant and my hopes for Cell C's new network. The stupidity of this system is beyond my comprehension. Another epic fail courtesy of our friends in the telecoms industry.
 
Cell C 2gb prepaid promo number porting

Hi,

Would I be able to buy the 2gb per month Cell C promo (at R999) and port my current phone number over to that sim?

Does this promo package allow for number porting over to it?

Thanks
 
Interesting question. Isn't that a data-only sim though? Your best bet is probably to just go ask at a Cell C store. Let us know what they tell you, I'd like to know too.
 
MNP to a SmartDATA SIM?

I'm currently with Vodacom and want to switch over to CellC for the SmartDATA SIM offer they have (Specifically the 3GB @ R399). Is it possible to have my number ported over to the new SIM (I know it's possible but will I still get the 3GB of DATA) and are there any costs involved with porting over? Couldn't find anything related to the charges of MNP on the site.
 
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