How to change Phone Number used for activation

Hi,
just got myself an iPhone and when I activated it via iTunes, it took over my phone number I entered
in my Mac account (which was my home phone number).
This number shows now up on iTunes (when the iPhone is highlighted) as "My Number".
I changed my number in my Mac account profile to the cellular phone number which I use, synched again (even restored the iPhone) but the old number is still shown.
Is there any possibility to change this entry after activation of the iPhone?
Thanks for all additional info on this (still an iPhone n00b I am)
Cheers,
S.

You are right,
it doesn't change anything on the functions itself, it's just hum, let's say "Not good looking:
I thought that maybe there is an easy way of changing this, but it seems not...
Anyway, if someone has an idea (maybe I have to call the local Apple Support in France on Monday for asking them though) I would be pleased if you share it with me.
Cheers,
S.

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