Israel SIM Card |
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GSM 900 / 1800 |
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| Activating Your Service |
Your Israel SIM card will provide you with a Israel cellular phone number, which can be found printed under a bar code on your Cellcom envelope. The number begins with 052.
- Travel to Israel
- Be sure that the battery is adequately charged
- Insert the Israel SIM chip into the cellular phone*
- Turn on your phone
- Enter the PIN code^
- Dial *778 and press 0 at the voice prompt to activate your service
- Start calling**
Customer service for your Israel Cellcom prepaid SIM card is available 24 hours a day by dialing *333 at any time from your Israel cellular phone.
For emergencies while using your local Israel GSM SIM card in Israel please dial 112 from your cell phone.
*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized Israel SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the Israel 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 overseas from the United States to your Israel cell phone, callers will need to dial 011 followed by the country code 972 and then your Israel cell phone number, omitting the first 0 (zero). To call abroad from your Israel cell phone simply dial 00 followed by the country code and phone number. To call Telestial you would dial 0018582742686 |
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| Airtime Rates |
 Domestic Calls
Making domestic calls in Israel from your world cell phone has never been easier with your prepaid Israel SIM card. All incoming calls, regardless of where they originate are FREE.
| Cellcom to Cellcom |
To landlines |
To others |
| 0.90 NIS (approx. US$0.24) |
0.95 NIS (approx. US$0.27) |
1.25 NIS (approx. US$0.35) |
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International Calls
Making international calls from your world cell phone has never been easier than with your prepaid Israel SIM card. All rates are per minute for international outgoing calls from an Israel prepaid SIM card while in Israel. Note that signing up with the Telestial Return Call Service can significantly reduce the cost of international calls.
| United States |
Canada |
UK |
Australia |
| 1.75 NIS (approx. US$0.49 |
1.75 NIS (approx. US$0.49) |
1.75 NIS (approx. US$0.49) |
2.00 NIS (approx. US$0.56) |
For cheaper international and roaming calling rates consider the Passport international SIM card.
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Roaming Calls (calls placed when traveling outside of the country)
Roaming is currently not available with your Israel service. |
GPRS Data Rates (Wireless Internet)
GPRS is currently not available with your Israel service. |
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| Adding Airtime |
Recharging your Israel service has never been easier. After your initial airtime has depleted you simply purchase a Cellcom recharge card at most local tabac shops, convenience stores, petrol stations, or Cellcom authorized dealers. To recharge your Israel service, simply follow the instructions below.
Refer to the last page of the User guide on how to load your first recharge voucher.
- Scratch off the protective layer to reveal your recharge voucher code
- Dial *2112 and press 2 for English
- Enter your recharge voucher code, when prompted
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Additional airtime for this SIM card is available directly from Telestial
Please click here for details. |
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| Service Life |
Your Israel service has an initial validity period of 12 months. To keep your Israel service active, you need to recharge your service at least once within these 12 months. Failing to do so will result in your cell phone number to be recycled and any remaining airtime to become forfeit. In order to continue using your Israel service, you will need to purchase another SIM card. |
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| More Information and Resources |
Keeping in touch while in Israel can be very a frustrating and expensive experience without an international cell phone and Israel 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.
Israel 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 Israel 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 Israel prepaid SIM chip is a quick and easy way to convert your existing world phone into a prepaid Israel cell phone for Israel and as discussed is more economical then a Israel cell phone rental. For your next assignment or vacation in Israel, 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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