To purchase an Australian phone number and ensure compliance with the Australian Communications and Media Authority, the following information and documentation will need to be required at the time of purchase.
Please note that once the documentation is received it will take approximately 72 hours to validate the information and activate the number for use.
DID Number Requirements for Australia
In order to purchase an Australian number you will need to provide the following:
Local Numbers in Australia
For personal identity verification:
* Name, last name
* Contact phone number
* Passport or ID copy
For business identity verification:
* Name, last name of an authorized representative
* Company name
* Contact phone number
* Passport or ID copy of an authorized representative
For address verification:
* Address in Australia (street, building number, postal code, city, and country)
* Proof of address (dated within 3 months)
Toll-Free Numbers in Australia
For personal identity verification:
* Name, last name
* Contact phone number
* Passport or ID copy
For business identity verification:
* Name, last name of an authorized representative
* Company name
* Contact phone number
* Passport or ID copy of an authorized representative
For address verification:
* Address worldwide (street, building number, postal code, city, and country)
* Proof of address (dated within 3 months)
Shared Cost (1300) Numbers in Australia
For personal identity verification:
* Name, last name
* Contact phone number
For business identity verification:
* Name, last name of an authorized representative
* Company name
* Contact phone number
For address verification:
* Address in Worldwide (street, building number, postal code, city, and country)
Mobile Numbers in Australia
Definitions
Purchaser: the individual who makes the payment for the service during the sale transaction; or
in the case where a carriage service provider or an authorized party associated with the carriage service provider extends an invitation to use the service free of charge to a person who agrees to the invitation — the person who accepts the invitation.
Service Activator: the person who requests the activation of a prepaid mobile carriage service from the specific carriage service provider that offers the service.
For Purchaser:
I. Information
For personal identity verification:
Name of the purchaser
The number of other activated prepaid mobile carriage services (if any) supplied to the purchaser
For business identity verification:
Name of the purchaser
Company name
The number of other activated prepaid mobile carriage services (if any) supplied to the purchaser
II. Documentation
1. Local ID Verification
For Service Activators:
I. Information
For personal identity verification:
Name and date of birth of the activator
For business identity verification:
Name and date of birth of the activator
Company name
II. Documentation
Local ID Verification
For address verification:
Address in Australia (street, building number, postal code, city, and country)****
Copy of utility bill (no older than 3 months)