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| Activating Your Service |
Your Austria mobile phone number is located at the top of your welcome letter containing the Austria SIM card and begins with +43 650. Your Austria cell phone number is also located in the upper right hand corner of your Twist Austria SIM card packaging above the bar code and under the text "ihre Ruhnummer".
- Travel to Austria
- Be sure that the battery is adequately charged
- Insert your Austria SIM card into the mobile phone*
- Turn on your phone
- Enter Pin^
- Start calling**
Customer service for your Austria Twist prepaid SIM card is available 24 hours a day by dialing 0650 650 at any time from your Austria cellular phone.
For your reference, the emergency numbers while in Austria are: 133 for Police, 144 for Ambulance, 122 for Fire
* You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized Austria SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the Austria SIM card into your international cell phone with the gold contacts of the SIM card facing the metal contacts of your international cellular phone.
^ Your phone will prompt you for a 4 digit PIN code, which is located under the first tab of the welcome letter affixed to the SIM card. The PUK is only required to unblock your cell phone if you enter in a PIN code incorrectly. Follow your cell phone manual instructions to correctly use the PUK to unblock your Austria SIM card if this occurs.
**When calling overseas from the United States to your Austria cellular phone, callers will need to dial 011 followed by the country code 43 and then your Austria cell phone number. To make international calls from your Austria cell phone simply dial 00 (or +) followed by the country code and phone number. To call Telestial you would dial +18582742686. |
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| Airtime Rates |
 Domestic Calls
Domestic rates are per minute for outgoing calls within Austria from your prepaid Austria SIM card while you are in Austria. All incoming calls, regardless of where they originate are FREE while you are in Austria.
| Within Tele.Ring network |
0.069 EUR ($0.094 USD) |
| Voicemail |
0.069 EUR ($0.094 USD) |
| Landlines |
0.069 EUR ($0.094 USD) |
| Other Austria Cell Phones |
0.069 EUR ($0.094 USD) |
| SMS to all networks |
0.15 EUR ($0.21 USD) |
| MMS within Tele.Ring network |
0.10 EUR ($0.14 USD) |
| MMS to all networks |
0.50 EUR ($0.68 USD) |
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International Calls Making international calls from your world cell phone has never been easier than with your prepaid Austria SIM card. All rates are per minute for international outgoing calls from an Austria prepaid SIM card. Note that signing up with the Telestial Return Call Service can significantly reduce the cost of international calls.
| Zone 1 |
0.70 EUR ($0.96 USD) |
| Zone 2 |
1.09 EUR ($1.49 USD) |
| Zone 3 |
1.59 EUR ($2.18 USD) |
| Sending SMS Messages |
0.15 EUR ($0.21 USD) |
For cheaper international and roaming calling rates consider the Passport international SIM card.
Zone 1: Germany, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, UK, Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Spain, USA, Andorra, Bosnia, Croatia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Ukraine, Cyprus
Zone2: Algeria, Australia, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Morocco, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey
Zone3: All other countries |
Roaming Calls (calls placed when traveling outside of the country) International roaming with your Austria SIM card is not the cheapest alternative for staying in touch while on the road, but it can be convenient for crossing into Switzerland or Germany for a weekend. With international roaming, the benefit is that you don't have to buy a new SIM card and have a new cell phone number for 2 short days in a new country.
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Outgoing calls.. |
SMS |
| Zone 1 |
0.516 EUR ($0.706 USD) |
0.132 EUR ($0.18 USD) |
| Zone 2 |
1.08 EUR ($1.48 USD) |
0.49 EUR ($0.67 USD) |
| Zone 3 |
2.00 EUR ($2.74 USD) |
0.49 EUR ($0.67 USD) |
| Zone 4 |
2.50 EUR ($3.42 USD) |
0.49 EUR ($0.67 USD) |
| Zone 5 |
4.50 EUR ($6.16 USD) |
0.49 EUR ($0.67 USD) |
NOTE: Incoming calls vary from 0.228 EUR ($0.0 USD) to 0.70 EUR ($0.0 USD) in Europe and 1.08 EUR ($0.0 USD) to 1.60 EUR ($0.0 USD) in rest of world.
Zone 1 (EU): Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slowenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Zone 2: Andorra, Croatia, Switzerland
Zone 3: Albania, Mauritius, Turkey
Zone 4: Australia, Canada, China, India, Iran, Israel, Macedonia, Morocco, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, USA, Vietnam
Zone 5: Belize, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Kuwait, Philippines, Russia |
GPRS Data Rates (Wireless Internet) GPRS is currently not available, however you will be able to receive email via your Twist SIM card; Your e-mail address will be 0 (zero) and your Austria cell phone number beginning 650xxxxxxx@telering.at
WAP via GPRS is charged at 0.03 EUR ($0.04 USD) per KB and internet via GPRS is charged at 2.00 EUR ($2.74 USD). |
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| Adding Airtime |
Additional airtime is available from Telestial (Voucher PIN will be sent via email) and locally in Austria at Tabac shops, convenience stores, TeleRing shops and authorized dealers. To recharge your Austria service, please
- Purchase a TWIST recharge card
- Enter *104#(recharge voucher code)#
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- Dial 0650 650 670 and press 2 to recharge
- When prompted, enter your recharge voucher code followed by #
Remember: Do NOT purchase another SIM card when your airtime credit is depleted! You only need a recharge voucher! Your incoming calls are always free even when you run out of airtime. |
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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 |
If you do not recharge your account within 15 months, your mobile phone number will be recycled and any remaining airtime credit will be forfeit. To get connected again you will be required to purchase another Austria SIM card. The 15 month period starts the day you arrive in Austria and turn on your cellular phone. |
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| More Information and Resources |
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Keeping in touch while in Austria can be very a frustrating and expensive experience without an international cell phone and Austria 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.
Austria 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 Austria 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 Austria prepaid SIM chip is a quick and easy way to convert your existing world phone into a prepaid Austria cell phone for Austria and as discussed is more economical then a Austria cell phone rental. For your next assignment or vacation in Austria, 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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