World Sim
INTERNATIONAL ROAMING SIM CARD
Save up to 95% on your roaming bills
What is WorldSIM?
- Roaming is a feature that allows mobile users to use their mobile phone outside their home country.
- Normally when a mobile user travels to another country, the voice, data, and SMS services are operated by a foreign network.
- For providing this service, the foreign network operator charges your home operator & your home operator passes this additional cost on to you including costs to receive calls on your mobile abroad andincreased costs to make calls and send SMSs
- For example, an Vodacom customer visiting UK would pay R 5.70 /min to receive a call in UK and pay AED 23.50/min to make a call back to SA
What is International Roaming?
- Roaming is a feature that allows mobile users to use their mobile phone outside their home country.
- Normally when a mobile user travels to another country, the voice, data, and SMS services are operated by a foreign network.
- For providing this service, the foreign network operator charges your home operator & your home operator passes this additional cost on to you including costs to receive calls on your mobile abroad and increased costs to make calls and send SMSs
- For example, an Vodacom customer visiting UK would pay R 5.70 /min to receive a call in UK and pay AED 23.50/min to make a call back to SA
Why is WorldSIM different?
- Everyone can now roam with their mobiles abroad. No need for a postpaid contract, or large deposit with operator. Cost conscious customers need not worry about buying calling cards, local sim cards, and finding payphones etc
- WorldSIM costs only R 450 and comes with R 100(USD 10) credit. Its prepaid so can be topped up at anytime
- With WorldSIM consumers can cut the cost of using their mobile phone abroad by as much as 95%. This can translate into savings of over R 350 during a one week holiday in Europe
What are the WorldSIM Tariffs?
- WorldSIM offers easy to use flat-rate pricing for both calls and text messages. We have split the world into 6 zones
- Wherever a customer roams in each of the zones, they pay one rate to receive calls, make calls and send text messages
- Incoming calls are free to receive in 55+ countries. Including South Africa, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Europe, Egypt, …
- There are no connection charges, no hidden fees
- All Billing is in USD
Making A Call |
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Calls To: |
Zone 1 |
Zone 2 |
Zone 3 |
Zone 4 |
Zone 5 |
Zone 6 |
Calls From: |
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Zone 1 |
$0.50 |
$0.70 |
$0.90 |
$0.90 |
$0.70 |
$0.59 |
Zone 2 |
$0.70 |
$0.90 |
$1.10 |
$1.10 |
$0.90 |
$0.72 |
Zone 3 |
$0.90 |
$1.14 |
$1.30 |
$1.38 |
$1.14 |
$0.92 |
Zone 4 |
$1.20 |
$1.30 |
$1.38 |
$1.38 |
$1.38 |
$1.04 |
Zone 5 |
$1.50 |
$1.74 |
$1.98 |
$1.98 |
$1.74 |
$1.37 |
Zone 6 |
$3.00 |
$3.24 |
$3.30 |
$3.30 |
$3.24 |
$2.48 |
What are the WorldSIM Tariffs?
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Note: Receiving text is free of charge anywhere in the world
What are the other WorldSIM key features?
- FREE voicemail from Internet or charged from handset
- Free itemised billing for all customers
- PC dialling – (sim card not required)
- Call forwarding facilities (many destinations FREE)
- – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, USA (FREE)
- Conference calling facility from handset or internet
- Call recording facility
- GPRS / 3G data facility coming in Q1/2 2009
WorldSIM – how do we compare?
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WORLDSIM |
MTN |
VODACOM |
Cost to receive a call in Europe per minute |
FREE |
R 4.00 |
R 5.70 |
Cost to make a call from Europe to SA |
25p / R 3.00 |
R 23.50 |
R 23.50 |
Cost to send a text to Europe |
30p / R 3.50 |
R 2.50 |
R2.75 |
Cost to receive a call in USA |
65p / R 7.00 #1 |
R 4.00 |
R 5.40 |
Cost to make a call from USA to SA |
87p / R10.00 #1 |
R20.00 |
R 17.95 |
#1 From May receiving a call in the USA with WorldSIM will be free on
Dual IMSI sim card and calling SA from USA will be 35p
How do I make a call?
- WorldSIM works just like a normal SIM card with one small difference when making a call. WorldSIM uses call-back technology to ensure customers get the lowest rates
- Dial the number including the full international dialling code i.e. +447624139363. ALWAYS DIAL with ‘+’ and NOT ‘00’
- Customers will see a "Please Wait" message. The phone will then disconnect. Different phones will display varied messages. Some may even say “call failed”, “call rejected”, or “sending a request”
- Within a few seconds customers will receive a ‘call-back' & their phone will ring
- When the call is answered they will hear a message saying your call is being connected. Customers will be connected to the person they are calling
- Receiving a call is as you would normally receive on any other mobile
Will WorldSIM work on any mobile?
- WorldSIM works on 85% of all UNLOCKED mobile phones. A list of known incompatible handsets is given in Appendix 1
- Customers don’t need to change their existing number - they can simply forward their existing number to their WorldSIM number when travelling if their operator will allow this. If not they can leave a voicemail with their WorldSIM number
- What if customers do not receive a call-back?
- If you don’t receive a call back, this may mean that your handset isn’t compatible for using the normal dialling method. However, you can still use it to make calls using WorldSIM. Instead of dialling your number as normal, you simply have to save or enter the number prefixed with
*125*1*countrycode&number#
- Receiving calls anywhere in the world and sending text messages remains exactly the same
Does WorldSIM calling credit expire?
- Any unused credit will not expire as long as a customer’s sim is active. This includes any free starter credit that comes with the WorldSIM
- When a customer inserts a WorldSIM into their phone, the sim card is activated for a year. To extend the validity of a SIM card beyond a year, there is a USD 20 annual network fee
How can WorldSIM be topped up?
- Top Ups can be done 24/7/365 from anywhere in the world. There are currently 4 ways a customer can top-up
- Buy top-up vouchers in South Africa
- Top-up online at www.worldsim.com
- Top-up over the phone by dialing 154 from your WorldSIM or by dialing +442088192557
- Set their phone for Auto top-up
- Credit card details need to be securely registered online
- Every time the card balance falls below a preset limit, the card will automatically get topped up by charging the customers card
- WorldSIM accept the following credit cards: Visa, American Express and Master Card. Payment by PayPal will soon be available
What are the short codes available?
102 + (Number) – Call Forwarding ON
103 Call Forwarding Off
121 Voicemail Retrieval
122 Voicemail ON
123 Voicemail Off
125 Check status of features
154 Customer Service
187 Account Balance
App.1 – List of known incompatible handsets
- WorldSIM will work with 85% of all handsets. There are a few models in which the sim card will not work. Known incompatible handsets are:
- Nokia - 1112, 1116, 1600, 3310, 5140i, 6020, 6030,6310i, 6111, 7110, 7270,7370, 8210e, 8800,
- Motorola - MPx200, SLVR, PEBL, C115, F Series
- Sony Ericsson - P800, P910, P910i
- Siemens – All c series handsets
- Blackberry - all models
- LG – MGA210
- T-Mobile – MDA II
- Sagem – MYV-65
- Apple Iphone –
- WorldSIM works with the Iphone but special dialling sequence is required *125*1*countrycode&number#
- Chinese handsets – all that don’t support sim tool kit
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