# Phone Numbers

> SUBLAKE Docs · Channels · https://sublake.com/docs/phone-numbers

Get a business number — your AI answers it from the first minute.

## Get a number

Under Integrations → Phone, pick an area code, choose from available numbers and activate. Your AI starts answering right away.

## Bring your existing number

Want to keep the number your customers already know? Contact support and we'll port it to SUBLAKE for you. While it transfers (typically a few business days) a temporary number answers, so nothing goes dark, and you can follow the port's progress on your number.

## Texting from your number

Calls and incoming texts work from day one. Before a business can send texts from its own number, US carriers require a one-time registration; SUBLAKE files it for you and it usually takes 10–15 days, subject to carrier review.