There is no complexity in the porting services of moving your Telkom number to MTN. Though it is a free service, however, if you do not port in the right way, your number will hang.
The aim of this tutorial is to teach you and analyze the steps you need to port from Telkom to MTN!!
The following are the step by step protocols needed to move away from Telkom to MTN and still retain/have same number
1. Maintain Your Telkom sim card number in the phone
You cannot port a lost Telkom Sim card number, so your line must be active. Keep it inside the phone ( for now).
2. Pay up your Telkom debt
If you are fond of borrowing airtime and data from Telkom and you have not paid back, I regret to inform you that the porting to MTN will be be successful.
Try and pay up your debts, simple!!
3. Recharge with airtime the Telkom inside the phone
Airtime recharge is needed for the porting process to work and complete. Just load around R5 on your Telkom line.
4. Telkom Line must not be a contract line
Do not bother porting from Telkom to MTN if your line is a contract line. In such a case, you will have to go to Telkom and disengage from your contract.
5. Get a new registered MTN SIM
Visiting an MTN store or PEP is the best and safest option to register a new MTN SIM in your name with your ID information.
Once registered, wait and do not yet insert the MTN inside the phone.
6. Send an SMS text from the Telkom to 0837678287
With your Telkom C sim card in the phone, send a text to MTN in this format … PORTME#(10-digit MTN SIM number)’ to 083 767 8287, e.g., ‘PORTME#0000000000’.
The 10 digit number is the serial number on the MTN pack.
However, if you wish to go back to Telkom after porting to MTN, you can only do so after 3 months!! The guideline to do that will be published shortly.
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7. Confirmation message
A confirmation message will be sent to your number, check it and follow the instructions.
9. Lost Telkom Signal
Porting to MTN from Telkom takes approximately 8 hours from my experience. Once done, the network on the Telkom will go away.
Then, insert the MTN Sim card in the phone, wait for about 5 minutes, some welcome messages will come, then dial *136# to check your balance.
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3 Reasons To Port From Telkom To MTN
There is no need to argue on the fact that MTN is the best mobile network provider in South Africa ( and in general the African continent).
This is one reason why most people when they are travelling out of the country or when they get to their destination, they tend to roam on the MTN network.
Statistics, data and research has proven that MTN is the best in terms of speed, connectivity, data according to opensignal.
On July 2022, MTN was voted and recognized as the best mobile network in South Africa. MTN clinched the top spot from the latest mobile network quality conducted by Mybroadband
Driven by their ‘ Ambition 2025’ objectives, MTN has spent more than R50 billion over the past year, upgrading its infastructure.
In the first half of 2021 alone, the company spent R3.2 billion on infastructre and network upgrade. All these developments placed MTN as the best network provider.
In the study conducted by mybroadband, it was discovered that MTN had the highest average download speed at 68.79Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 39.37Mbps, Telkom at 29.24Mbps, Cell C at 19.88Mbps and Rain at 10.86Mbps.
- MTN offers the best products and services to consumers all over the country. Their economic priced model works fantastic, from skawara to bozzagigs and mytownoffers (*136*2#) . These offers promoted MTN to be loved by consumers all over the country
- Lastly, if you lost your MTN sim card, to do SIM Swap is very easy from the comfort of your home without going anywhere unlike Telkom.
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