> If Vodafone is anything like US carriers then your phone number is basically your account number Although to the customer it may appear that your phone numbe

> If Vodafone is anything like US carriers then your phone number is basically your account number Although to the customer it may appear that your phone number is your account number, that normally isn't the case. This is for a number of reasons: * Phone numbers can change either through porting or by choice (i.e, due to nuisance/harassment, etc) * Single 'accounts' can have multiple phone numbers (i.e, a family plan) * Some plans may have phone numbers that are opaque to the user (i.e, 3G dongles, etc) In the carrier systems I've seen / worked on there has normally been a unique account identifier that isn't the MSISDN.