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Thuraya - Pre Pay ECOSIM Card

ECO SIM Features

  • Valid for 1 year
  • Use prepaid scratch cards to top up
  • 2 units worth of Free Calls
  • The SIM will only work in certain countries (please see list below). The SIM will NOT work outside of these countries

ECO SIM Renewal Fee

  • 5 Units annual renewal fee

Renewal fee automatically removed from your prepaid balance. Expiry reminder messages are sent every alternate day during the 15 days prior to the account expiry date.

If enough balance is not found in your account, a grace period of 30 days is granted. In this period your account will be automatically renewed if you refill your account with the required amount.
Note: You will not be able to make calls during this grace period. But, you will be able to receive calls.
The account is finally closed after the grace period only if response is not received.

Credit Validity

Please note that the credit has an independent validity to the SIM card

  • Each scratch card has a corresponding credit amount which customer can consume within the credit validity period, 80 units = 5 months, 160 units = 12 months.
  • Credit validity is cumulative. Maximum credit validity is 18 months.
  • Upon credit expiry, balance in account will be reset to zero.

Prepay ECO Airtime Prices

Airtime
Prepay ECO SIM card      GB£ 25 (ex VAT)

  Voice (unit/min)
To Thuraya Hansets 0.20
To Landlines 0.39
To Mobile Networks 0.39
To"Hard to reach places" (Including other satellite networks ) 6.00
Data/Fax Calls 0.56 on top of above voice rates
SMS* 0.25 (per SMS)

GmPRS Data Service (SO 2510 and SG 2520 only)
GmPRS Data one off activation fee      20 units
Units Per MByte (approximate)   5 units

Thuraya ECO Countries - Europe
Albania
France
Lithuania
Montenegro
Andorra
Geogria
Luxembourg
Slovenia
Armenia
Germany
Macedonia
Spain
Austria
Gibraltar
Malta
Sweden
Azerbaijan
Greece
Moldova
Switzerland
Belarus
Hungary
Monaco
Tajikistan
Bosnia Herzegovina
Iceland
Netherlands
Turkey
Bulgaria
Ireland
Norway
Turkmenistan
Croatia
Italy
Poland
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Kazakhstan
Portugal
United Kingdom
Denmark
Kyrgyzstan
Romania
Uzbekistan
Estonia
Latvia
Slovakia
Finland
Liechtenstein
Serbia

Thuraya ECO Countries - Africa
Burundi Guinea Mauritania Tunisia
Cameroon Guinea-Equatorial Morocco Somalia
Egypt Guinea-Bissau Mozambique Uganda
Eritrea Liberia Rwanda Zambia
Gambia Malawi Senegal Zimbabwe
Ghana Mali Sierra Leone

Thuraya ECO Countries - Asia
Bangladesh Bhutan Nepal Oman Syria


Hard to Reach Places are defined by Thuraya as (Please note that this list is subject to change at the sole discretion of Thuray) : Ascension, Cook Is., Cuba, Diego Garcia, Falkland Islands, Globalstar, Greenland, Inmarsat A, B, M & mini M, Iridium, Kiribati, Montserrat, Nauru Is., Niue, Papua New Guinea, Somoa Western, Sao Tome, Solomon Is., St. Helena, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

*Text messages can only be sent to other Thuraya handsets and email address, they cannot be sent to GSM networks.

Equivalent per minute rate. Calls are billed in whole units.

NB.You can only send a text message from a prepaid Thuraya SIM to a GSM network with a roaming agreement with Thuraya.
You can receive text messages and calls from GSM networks.

Incoming calls while the handset is in GSM mode are charged at standard rate, although please be aware that it is not possible to make outgoing calls or send SMS.

After purchase of an ECO Sim your first call must be made within 6 months otherwise the sim will be de-activated.

Live Chat

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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