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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 (this includes offshore in African costal waters).

Price per 7200 Unit E-voucher	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	365 days 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
Two-stage dialing of subscriber's MSISDN via +1.480.768.2500	36 units

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 CALLS

No charge to the calling party

SMS

Mobile terminated	No charge
Mobile originated	Not yet available

Countries in The Northern African region

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

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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