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A UK phone number for Expats

Moving to, or living in Europe?
Need your UK mobile number to still work?
Don’t want to carry two phones?

🇬🇧  A UK mobile number for your European SIM
❌  No second phone, second SIM, or contract
🌞  Roam without roaming charges
⚓  Port your existing UK number
🔒  Protects against unwanted calls & texts
💳  Monthly subscription, cancel anytime
📱  Easy to use App for iPhone on any mobile network
🇪🇺  Available in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal & Spain

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Get your UK phone number in seconds…

A UK phone number for Expats

Moving to, or living in Europe?

Need your UK phone number to still work?

Don’t want to carry two phones?

Another Number Second Number for Work, Business Mobile Number

🇬🇧  A UK mobile number for your European SIM

❌  No second phone, second SIM, or contract

🌞  Roam without roaming charges

⚓  Port your existing UK number

🔒  Protects against unwanted calls & texts

💳  Monthly subscription, cancel anytime

📱  Easy to use App for iPhone on any mobile network

🇪🇺  Available in France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain

Get your UK phone number in seconds…

What our users are saying

What our users are saying

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What is a UK phone number for Expats?

A UK phone number for Expats lets you make and receive calls, send and receive texts, on your international mobile phone. Ideal if you want to continue to use your UK mobile number without having to spend money on roaming charges. 

With a UK phone number, you do not need a second mobile phone, any more SIM’s & no second mobile contract!

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Why you need a UK phone number as an Expat

You need a UK phone number if:

You want to keep your UK mobile number
You don’t want to carry two phones
You want to make & receive calls & texts as if in the UK, without incurring roaming charges

Perfect if you’re an Expat or a UK business owner with internationally based employees. 

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Ho to get a UK phone number with Another Number

It couldn’t be easier. Get up and running with your UK mobile number in minutes, no waiting for activation or delivery. It’s ready to go as soon as you sign-up.

As an individual, all you need to do is download our UK mobile number app for iPhone, sign up and you’re ready to go.

As a business or team, you first need to register here and follow the instructions.

How is my UK mobile number protected against unwanted calls & texts?

Another Number uniquely offers a UK mobile number with a smart call blocker that secures the privacy of your second number, eliminating scam calls & texts from a Rolodex of unwanted UK callers. These numbers include scammers, telemarketers & spammers.

Our technology stops the call or text ever reaching you, protecting you and your UK number from these bad actors. In the coming months, we will be adding the ability to add numbers to the list, including anyone you would no longer like to receive calls or texts from. 

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Thumbtel is an accredited Crown Commercial Service Supplier and Another Number is available on GOV.UK Digital Marketplace

Thumbtel is an accredited Crown Commercial Service Supplier Another Number is available on GOV.UK Digital Marketplace

Questions? We have answers

  • You only use your UK number for UK contacts with the Another Number app and keep your main phone number for your local calls & text.

  • Not at all as Another Number is a virtual phone number that works on your existing smartphone alongside your main local mobile number.

  • A virtual phone number is a phone number that isn’t bound to a SIM or a physical address. Virtual phone numbers let you make and receive calls, send and receive texts, on one mobile phone just like your main mobile number. A virtual phone number is ideal as your second number.

  • Yes, you can, you first need to have a subscription with Another Number, so once you’ve downloaded, signed up and are happy, please read our porting instructions here.

  • Not yet, but it is coming soon

  • Yes, download here iPhone.

  • Yes, Another Number for Expats uniquely offers a UK number with a smart call blocker that secures your UK number from scam calls & texts from a Rolodex of unwanted callers.

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To get the quickest answer to your questions check out our FAQs. We’ve tried to think of everything and anything you could ask and keep adding more answers when new questions arise.

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