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Get an eSIM with
a real phone number

Calls, texts and mobile data, all on one digital SIM.

A real local mobile number that takes incoming calls and texts, so the hotel, the driver or the landlord can simply ring you. Your own number stays exactly where it is.

Build your eSIM in two steps

Pick your destination, then pick your data. The phone number is included either way.

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Where do you want your number?

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How much data do you need?

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      • No contract and no credit check
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      Most travel eSIMs do not come with a phone number. They carry data only, so nobody can call or text you on them. A small number of plans do include a real mobile number that takes calls and texts. Whether that number will receive your bank code is a separate question, and the honest answer is usually no.

      Prices updated 8 September 2026. Other providers checked 8 September 2026.

      Do You Actually Get a Phone Number With an eSIM?

      It depends which of three things you bought, and the plan page rarely makes it clear. Almost every travel eSIM sold today is the first kind.

      What you boughtWho sells itCan anyone ring it?
      Data only
      No number exists at all      		 Airalo, Holafly, Ubigi, Nomad, Saily and most of the market NoNothing to ring
      A real mobile number
      A real line on a network      		 Our plans and some local SIMs YesLike any phone
      An app number
      Lives in an app, not the SIM      		 Several providers, as an add on PartlyInside that app only

      The difference matters more than any price. Banks and apps like Telegram and PayPal check what kind of line a number sits on before they send anything to it. An app number often fails that check quietly. The sender says the code went out, and nothing ever arrives.

      Which Travel eSIMs Give You a Real Phone Number?

      Very few. Below is what each provider says on its own website, with the date we checked it. These are their claims, not our testing, and this market changes without notice.

      ProviderNumber included?Takes incoming calls?
      MegaEsim YesEvery plan hereYesInside your coverage
      AiraloOne planDiscover Plus only, a US number UnclearPage says yes, buyers report otherwise
      HolaflySome plansUnlimited plans, US, UK or Canada NoInternet calls, not mobile
      SailyAdd onA US number, anywhere YesPer their page
      UbigiNoTheir help pages say soNo
      NomadNoNo

      Holafly buries its number policy in a note rather than a heading, and at least one buyer was told by their support that the policy had changed. If a number is the reason you are buying, ask the provider in writing before you pay.

      Will the Number Receive Your Bank Code?

      Usually not, and there is a simple way to know before you fly. Look at who sent your last verification code. If it came from a five or six digit number, a foreign number will never receive it.

      Those short senders are called short codes. A short code is registered inside one country, on the networks that agreed to carry it. There is no path from a British bank's short code to an American number, or from an American bank's to a European one. The message is not delayed and it is not blocked. It was never sent anywhere near your travel number.

      If the code arrives from a long international number instead, it will usually reach a travel number. Some senders still refuse. Banks, Telegram, PayPal and most crypto exchanges look up what kind of line a number sits on, and quietly decline anything that looks like an internet number rather than a mobile one.

      The test, before you buy anything.

      Open the last verification text you received. If the sender is five or six digits, a travel number will not solve your problem. Keep your own line switched on instead, or move that account to an authenticator app.

      What Happens to Your Own Number?

      Nothing. This is the fear that stops most people, and it is misplaced. Installing a travel eSIM adds a second line to your phone. Your usual number stays exactly where it is, with your contacts, your messages and your accounts untouched.

      An iPhone XR or newer runs one physical SIM and one eSIM at the same time. An iPhone 13 or newer runs two eSIMs. You can store many profiles but only two lines stay active, and only one of them carries data at a time. Android is less consistent. Plenty of handsets hold several eSIMs and allow only one to be active, so check yours before you buy.

      There is one trap worth knowing. Turning off data roaming on your home line stops data, but the line still registers abroad for calls and texts. Outside Europe you can still be charged for calls that come in, including ones you never answer, because the charge starts before voicemail picks up. Switching the line off entirely avoids that, but then you stop receiving your own verification codes too. There is no setting that gives you both.

      SettingWhere to put itWhy
      Your home lineOn, with data roaming offKeeps your codes arriving
      Mobile dataSet to the travel eSIMThe line you are paying for
      Allow cellular data switchingOffStops it using your home line
      iMessage and FaceTimePinned to your own numberFriends see your usual number

      Data Only or a Number

      Almost every travel eSIM sold today is the left column. Nobody can ring it.

      FeatureData onlyWith a number
      Mobile data Yes Yes
      A phone number No Yes
      Incoming texts No Yes
      Incoming calls No Yes
      Outgoing calls No Yes
      Keeps your own number Yes Yes
      Physical SIM needed No No
      Instant delivery Yes Yes

      What a Calls and Texts Plan Actually Includes

      Minutes, texts and data on one number, sold as a single plan. The useful question is what the minutes cover, because that is where these plans differ and where people get caught out.

      On ours the minutes are unlimited inside the countries covered, and calls to numbers in those countries are included. Ringing a number outside the coverage is billed separately, the same way it would be on any local SIM. Hotspot is included, so you can share the connection with a laptop or a second phone.

      One thing almost nobody mentions. When someone at home rings your travel number, they are dialling a foreign country, and their own phone company charges them for it. Tell the people who matter to reach you on WhatsApp instead, and keep the number for the local calls it is genuinely useful for.

      This is a small market and it is worth being blunt about the map. Proper calling plans exist for Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. Across most of Asia, Africa and South America the plans sold as calling plans include something like fifteen minutes and fifty texts for a month. That is enough to confirm a taxi, not enough to rely on.

      You Might Not Need a Second Number

      We sell these, and we would still rather you bought the right thing.

      Nine times out of ten the real problem is not that you need a new number. It is that you want to keep receiving texts on the one you already have, and that costs nothing. Receiving a text while abroad is free on effectively every plan in the world. Your own number follows you.

      So if verification codes are the whole reason you are here, leave your line switched on with data roaming off, and buy a plain data eSIM for the internet. You will spend less and solve the problem properly. Better still, move the accounts that matter to an authenticator app or your bank's own approval prompt. Those work with no signal at all.

      A travel number earns its place when you need people to reach you locally. A hotel calling back, a driver at the airport, a restaurant confirming a table, a landlord, a clinic, an employer. That is a real need and it is what these plans are for.

      The Europe Number Works in 34 Countries

      Calls, texts and data work everywhere on this list, and stop at the edge of it. The same 34 countries are covered by our ordinary Europe data plans if you do not need a number.

      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Bulgaria
      • Croatia
      • Cyprus
      • Czech Republic
      • Denmark
      • Estonia
      • Finland
      • France
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Hungary
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Italy
      • Latvia
      • Liechtenstein
      • Lithuania
      • Luxembourg
      • Malta
      • Netherlands
      • Norway
      • Poland
      • Portugal
      • Romania
      • Slovakia
      • Slovenia
      • Spain
      • Sweden
      • Switzerland
      • Turkey
      • United Kingdom
      • Vatican City

      Your New Number in Three Steps

      1. 01

        Choose your plan

        Pick the destination and the data size. The number, minutes and texts come with all of them.

      2. 02

        Get your eSIM

        Pay at secure checkout and the QR code arrives by email within minutes.

      3. 03

        Install and connect

        Scan the code just before you travel. Your new number appears in your phone settings.

      Before you buy

      Make sure your phone is ready.

      • Supports eSIM. Dial *#06# and look for an EID
      • Is carrier unlocked
      • iPhone XR or newer, or a recent Android
      • Has room for a second active line
      Check your device

      Good to know

      Frequently Asked Questions

      Everything worth knowing before you buy an eSIM with a phone number.

      Usually not. Most travel eSIMs sell data only, so there is no number attached and nothing can call or text you on them. A few plans do include a real mobile number. If the plan does not say it includes calls and texts, assume it has no number at all.

      A data only eSIM is an internet connection with no identity. Nobody can ring it. A plan with a number adds a real mobile line, so it can make and take calls and texts like any other phone number in that country.

      Their ordinary country plans do not. They sell one global plan called Discover Plus that includes a United States number with calls and texts. So the answer depends entirely on which Airalo plan you bought, and most people buy the data only ones.

      On some plans. Their own page says unlimited plans bought from November 2025 include a number for the United States, United Kingdom or Canada. It receives texts and makes calls over the internet, but it does not take ordinary incoming calls. Buyers have also been told the policy changed, so check before you pay.

      Real calling plans exist for Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, and that is close to the whole market. Thailand adds a local number with calls but no texts. Plans sold elsewhere usually include only a token allowance of minutes and texts.

      Ready to get your new number?

      Pick a plan, install it before you fly, and let people ring you the moment you land.

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      The small print, in plain words

      On the Europe plan your number is European and is assigned when the eSIM is created. The issuing country varies by availability at the time of activation, and your number appears in your phone settings as soon as the eSIM is installed. It works inside the 34 countries listed and nowhere else. The United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Thailand numbers work inside their own country only, and the Thailand plan carries calls but no texts. Validity starts when you install the eSIM, not on first use, and number plans are not refundable once purchased. Competitor details come from each provider's own website on 8 September 2026 and are their claims rather than our testing.