I was one of the customer who took same as my Qtel number with vodafone just first digit different rest as my qtel, made all my correspondence, business cards with both numbers.

I went for vacation had left my vodafone sim card back home,got it after 6 months, i used for 3 days, even recharged the phone , after recharging it got disconected,checked with horrible customer care, they said since not used for a long, it is deactivated,i requested since it is not alloted to any one, i am ready to pay the amount please re issue with same number, sent number of mails, no proper response, still it is not sold to any one, even now I am ready to take that number but vodafone people act very strange and not professional, not customer oriented.