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Iridium - African Prepay Tariff

Overview
The African Prepay Tariff is tailored to provide the greatest value to subscribers who makes calls from the Iridium phone when the handset is located in the Africa region. This includes the whole African continent, a full list of Countries is detailed below. Calls made from within the African region to any other Country in the world (Africa or outside) offer the best value at a price of £0.84/minute. Please note calls cannot be made when the Iridium handset is located outside the African region.



Price per 7200 Unit E-voucher

£250 each

Equivalent minutes


Up to 300 minutes of calls from Iridium unit in Africa to mobile or landline in any country.
Up to 400 minutes of Iridium to Iridium calls


Activation Fee


£25 per SIM (not per E voucher)


Monthly Fee or access Fee


None

Load/Recharge Fee

None

Billing Increment

20 seconds

Expiry

12 months from the date of activation or recharging

Restrictions

Must be used with prepaid SIMS - numbers like 8816315 XXXXX

Please be aware that you cannot transfer minutes from the African tariff onto any of the Global prepaid tariffs.

 

OUTBOUND VOICE CALLS - 7200 Unit E-Voucher

Iridium to landline/mobile Units per min
Iridium from within Africa to landline/mobile in any country 24
Iridium to Iridium 18
Iridium to other satellite systems 324
Iridium personal mailbox 18
Send Iridium SMS (to email or Iridium) 12

INBOUND VOICE CALLS

Direct dialling of subscriber's Iridium phone No charge to subscriber

OUTBOUND DATA CALLS -

Direct Internet (includes landline charges)  
Calls originating from Africa 24 units
Dial up data call (Iridium to landline/mobile)  
Calls originating from Africa 24 units
Dial up data call Iridium to Iridium 48 units

INBOUND DATA CALLSNo charge to the calling party

SMS

Mobile terminated No charge
Mobile originated Not yet available


Countries in The Northern African region
The countries in the Africa region are those African countries that lie on or above the equator. These countries include:

Algeria Egypt Libya Senegal
Angola Equatorial Guinea Madagascar Seychelles
Benin Eritrea Malawi Sierra Leone
Botswana Ethiopia Mali Somalia
Burkina Gabon Faso Mauritania South Africa
Burundi Gambia, The Mauritius Price Edwards Island
Cameroon Ghana Mayotte Sudan
Cape Verde Guinea Morocco Swaziland
Central African Republic Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Tanzania
Chad Ivory Coast Namibia Togo
Comoros Juan De Nova Island Niger Tunisia
Congo Kenya Nigeria Uganda
Congo, Democratic Republic of Lesotho Rwanda Zambia
Djibouti Liberia Sao Tome and Principe Zimbabwe











Satphone UK (satphone.co.uk) are specialist satellite phone suppliers of Iridium phone, Thuraya phone, Globalstar phone, Inmarsat phone and Inmarsat bgan satellite phone terminals.
Satphone.co.uk also offer prepaid and postpaid satellite phone airtime and SIM cards for Iridium 9505A, Thuraya Hughes 7101, Thuraya so-2510, Thuraya so-2520 with GSM and GPS option, Globalstar Telit sat 550, Globalstar SAT 600, GSP 1600 and Inmarsat, including Hughes Regional BGAN (RBGAN), Thrane and Thrane Explorer 500, Explorer 300, Explorer 700 and Fleet 77, Fleet 55, Fleet 33 and Thuraya DSL. Satphone.co.uk offer rental and hire of Iridium, Inmarsat and Thuraya satellite phones on the Satphone UK web site.
Satphone UK are based on Regent Street in the West End of Central London W1.
Please note that satellite telephones require a direct line of sight from the antenna to the satellite.
Therefore, phones do not work inside buildings or vehicles unless used with an external antenna. Service in outdoor locations with trees, hills, mountains, buildings or other similar structures or geographical features may impair or prevent the use of satellite communication equipment.
Please note that text messaging service on satellite phones may not be possible to terrestrial mobile phones

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