Canada SIM Card |
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| Activating Your Service |
Your Canada SIM card will provide you with a Canada cellular phone number, which you will receive as soon as you have activated your Rogers SIM card. To do so, please follow the instructions provided in the userguide.
This service requires registration before you travel. Please consult the last page of your User Guide
- Travel to Canada
- Be sure that the battery is adequately charged
- Insert the Canada SIM chip into the cellular phone*
- Turn on your phone
- Start calling **
Customer service for your Canada Rogers prepaid SIM card is available by dialing 1-800-575-9090 from your Canada cellular phone.
For emergencies while using your local Canada GSM SIM card in Canada please dial 112 from your cell phone or 1 877 764 3772 from any other phone.
*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized Canada SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the Canada SIM card into your international cell phone with the gold contacts of the SIM card facing the metal contacts of your international cellular phone.
**When calling from the United States to your Canada cellular phone, callers will need to dial 1 and then your Canada cell phone number. To call the US simply dial 1 followed by the area code and phone number to be connected. You can call direct to the destinations listed in the International Calls section below. For other destinations you will need a calling card with a local access number in Canada. |
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| Airtime Rates |
 Domestic Calls
Domestic rates are per minute for incoming and outgoing calls within Canada from your prepaid Rogers Canada SIM card while you are in Canada. There are 3 plans to choose from at the time of activation, the default plan is the Anytime Plan.
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Airtime Rate |
Minimum reload |
| Anytime Plan* |
0.33 CAD ($0.31 USD)
per minute |
10.00 CAD ($9.50 USD) |
| Evenings & Weekends Plan** |
0.39 CAD ($0.37 USD)
per minute |
20.00 CAD ($19 USD) |
| All Day Plan*** |
0.25 CAD ($0.23 USD)
per minute for the
first five minutes
0.15 CAD ($0.14 USD)
per minute for every minute thereafter |
20.00 CAD ($19 USD) |
All outgoing SMS are $0.15 CAD ($0.14 USD) per message, incoming SMS are free.
Incoming calls from Rogers cell phones are free, all other incoming call are charged at the local outgoing rate.
**Evenings are from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Monday to Friday. Weekends are from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Monday. If you're on an Evening & Weekends plan, you have to recharge your account with a minimum of $20. Any unused airtime is rolled over when you top-up your account before the expiry date. |
International Calls
Making International calls from your world cell phone has never been easier with your prepaid Canada SIM card. Calling rates are listed per minute for international outgoing calls from a Canada SIM card while in Canada.
| United States |
Australia |
UK |
Japan |
China (Mainland) |
| $0.66 USD* |
$0.75 USD* |
$0.75 USD* |
$1.00 USD* |
$1.50 USD* |
*In addition to local per-minute rate. |
Roaming Calls (calls placed when traveling outside of the country)
Roaming is currently not available with your Canada service. |
GPRS Data Rates (Wireless Internet)
GPRS is currently not available, however you will be able to receive email via your Rogers SIM card: E-Mail messaging lets you send and receive e-mail messages of up to 155 characters each right on your handset display. Your e-mail address is easy to remember, because it's your Rogers phone number (area code + your Rogers number) followed by @pcs.rogers.com (e.g.: 4161234567@pcs.rogers.com). This service works anywhere in Rogers PCS coverage area and is billed as a text message. |
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| Adding Airtime |
Your Canada SIM card has been preloaded with a $10 CAD call credit, valid for 30 days. Additional credit is available through the purchase of airtime vouchers, also called reload codes (not another SIM card), in Canada. Airtime vouchers are available locally in Canada at convenience stores, petrol stations and local Rogers authorized dealers. These airtime vouchers are available in 5 denominations of Canadian dollars:
| Airtime Voucher |
Minutes Included |
Validity |
| 10 CAD |
33 |
30 Days |
| 20 CAD |
60 |
30 Days |
| 30 CAD |
90 |
30 Days |
| 40 CAD |
120 |
30 Days |
| 100 CAD |
300 |
365 Days |
To recharge your Canada service, simply follow the instructions below.
- Purchase a Rogers Wireless recharge card
- Scratch off the protective layer to reveal your recharge voucher code
- Dial *868 from your mobile phone
- Follow the voice prompts
At any time you can dial *225 free of charge from your Canada cell phone to check your account balance. |
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| Service Life |
The SIM will remain active for a total of 6 months if you do not recharge it. After the 6 months period, the SIM will be recycled and you are required to purchase another SIM card in order to continue using your service. The validity of your recharge depends on the denomination: 10$, 20$, 30$ and 40$ will be valid for 30 days and 100$ for 365 days. |
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| More Information and Resources |
Keeping in touch while in Canada can be very a frustrating and expensive experience without an international cell phone and Canada SIM card.
Sometimes a payphone takes coins (But how many is anybody's guess!!!), other times a proprietary calling card and still others only a credit card will do with accompanying instructions that would take a week to understand.
Canada cellular phone rentals can significantly cut down on the frustration of calling home while abroad but the airtime rates would bankrupt all but the thickest of wallets. Airtime rates for a Canada cell phone rental can typically start at $1.50 and may be as high as $2+/minute.
Think you got a deal on your world phone and plan on doing some international roaming? With international roaming charges the airtime rate you will pay is out of this world.
The Canada prepaid SIM chip is a quick and easy way to convert your existing world phone into a prepaid Canada cell phone for Canada and as discussed is more economical then a Canada cell phone rental. For your next assignment or vacation in Canada, this SIM chip (combined with an unlocked GSM World cell phone) helps you stay connected while avoiding those international roaming surcharges that always accompany your 'home' SIM card while abroad. We offer a growing selection of prepaid SIM Cards for other international destinations as well as a wide variety of GSM cell phone accessories and GSM international cell phones. |
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