Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Prepaid Sim Card for Italy
Like most of the countries in the world, Italy has opted for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology for their mobile operation. GSM systems are used in nearly 200 countries having over 600 million subscribers worldwide. GSM is a part of the world wireless evolution, embracing all areas of technology, providing digital clear communication in global seamless wireless services. It hardly matters where you are in Italy. You are always connected with the prepaid sim card for Italy.
A prepaid SIM card is the one, which is used in a GSM mobile phone and does not need a contract to be signed for the services in making and receiving calls. It is just an upfront payment for the credit that you would want for making your calls and sending text messages or availing other value-added services. Since it is pre-paid you will never receive a bill at the end of the month. When you buy a prepaid SIM card for Italy, it usually carries a talk time value and as you are about to come to the end of the time limit, you need to add more credit in your SIM card by purchasing 'Re-charge Vouchers' of the denomination that you want. This coupon will extend your talk time limit for the value prescribed by the card. It is a real saving for you. Consider those days when you had to make calls from your hotel room and the charges you paid for those calls. When you compare that with that of a pre-paid SIM card for Italy, you will be surprised with the kind of savings that you have.
If you are traveling to Italy and you have your current mobile handset with you, be warned that you cannot use your handset in Italy, unless your phone is a GSM tri-band handset. It should be in unlocked state and compatible with the network bandwidth in Italy. An alternative is to rent a GSM handset from planetomni.com, which is by far the best economical solution for you, for, you can avail the same service as the Italian does. To learn more about renting, you can look them up at www.planetomni.com/RENT_INFO.shtml or better still call them. On your next visit to Italy, buy a SIM card for Italy and rent a GSM mobile phone. and find it out yourself. For all the explanations regarding sim cards and GSM phones, why not visit www.planetomni.com/FAQ_sim.shtml for sim cards and http://www.planetomni.com/FAQ_gsm.shtml for GSM mobile FAQs.
The next step is to activate the SIM card in your mobile phone. A general procedure is given below, which is just for guidance and your service provider should be able to let you have detailed instruction on these:
Make sure you have the re-charge vouchers, providing you enough credit to last your stay in Italy. These you can buy in Italy at any tobacco shop.
Make sure that you have with you a tri or quad band GSM phone.
At any time, before or after you reach Italy, insert your pre-paid SIM card for Italy into your GSM mobile handset.
Place a call to activate your service.
You are now connected.
When you have finished, or about to come to the end of your call credits in your mobile, you will need to put in more of credits in-order that you may continue using your mobile phone. All you need to do is either use the re-charge vouchers that you had brought along-with you, or purchase these vouchers locally in the different denominations available. If you wish to buy these vouchers in Italy, please note that there is a nominal tax that you have to incur while buying these vouchers. However, the vouchers are meant for you to top up your call credits, so that you can make calls from your phone. The incoming calls will continue to be received by you, since incoming calls, in such pre-paid SIM card, are totally free. In some cases, you can purchase your credit in form of re-charge codes over the phone. You need to punch in the code to validate your mobile to the additional credit that you have just purchased.
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