VIVO sim card

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Member since 27 May 2013

danilazhukovNew member20 September 2015 16:55:53

hello everyone!
i have a question according to the VIVO sim card... i was living in Rio for years, but i had to left it in January this year, so since that time wasn't using my brazilian cell phone number... i'm going to be back in Rio in October and so i'm wondering will my sim card work or not? does anybody know for how long the VIVO number you've got is active and reserved for you even though you are not using it?
thank you for any help

James ViP

Member since 20 June 2010

Brazil & Canada Expert

JamesViP20 September 2015 17:29:22

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If your SIM has not been active in the past 6 months then you'll need to get a new one. Numbers get recycled here in Brazil very quickly because so many new phones are purchased each month.

Cheers,
James Expat-blog Experts Team

danilazhukov New member

Member since 27 May 2013

danilazhukovNew member20 September 2015 18:46:36

thank you James

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