Grenada SIM Card |
| by Digicel |
GSM 900 / 1800 |
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| Activating Your Service |
The Grenada SIM card is enclosed in an envelope (containing your Grenada Cell Phone number, security PIN and PUK) which is locally referred to in Grenada as a "Flex Pack". Your Grenada Cellular Phone number will begin 1 (473)...
- Travel to Grenada
- Be sure that the battery is adequately charged
- Insert the Grenada SIM chip into the cellular phone*
- Turn on your phone
- Enter the PIN1 code (if required)^
- Start calling**
Customer service for your Grenada DigiFlex prepaid SIM card is available 24 hours a day by dialing 100 at any time from your Grenada cellular phone.
For emergencies while using your local Grenada GSM SIM card in Grenada please dial 112 from your cell phone.
*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized Grenada SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the Grenada 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 on the welcome letter affixed to your Grenada SIM card. You will be prompted for PIN1. The PUK is only required to unblock your phone if you enter in a PIN code incorrectly. Follow your cell phone manual instructions to correctly use the PUK to unblock your phone.
**When calling overseas from the United States to your Grenada cell phone, callers will need to dial 1 (same country code as the US) followed your Grenada cell phone number. To call abroad from your Grenada cell phone simply dial + on your cell phone 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 Grenada from your prepaid SIM card while you are in Grenada. All incoming calls, regardless of where they originate, are FREE. All calls to access voicemail are free as well.
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Peak Rate |
Off Peak Rate |
Weekend Rate |
SMS / Email |
| Digicel to Digicel |
0.75 EC ($0.28 USD) |
0.65E C ($0.24 USD) |
0.50 EC ($0.19 USD) |
0.25 EC ($0.09 USD)
per message |
| All Other Calls |
0.85 EC ($0.32 USD) |
0.80 EC ($0.30 USD) |
0.75 EC ($0.28 USD) |
0.25 EC ($0.09 USD)
per message |
Peak: Monday-Friday 8am-6pm
Off Peak: Monday-Friday 6pm-8am
Weekend: Friday Midnight-Sunday Midnight |
International Calls Making international calls from your world cell phone has never been easier than with your prepaid Grenada SIM card. All rates are per minute for international outgoing calls from your Grenada prepaid SIM card.
| U.S./Canada/UK |
Caribbean |
All Other Destinations |
| 1.30 EC ($0.49 USD) |
0.85 EC ($0.32 USD) |
1.30 EC ($0.49 USD) |
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Roaming Calls (calls placed when traveling outside of the country) Roaming is currently not available with the Digicel SIM card. |
GPRS Data Rates (Wireless Internet) With GPRS you pay for the amount of information you receive and send. Call 145 (or 100) and request GPRS set-up and rates. Digicel will set up the parameters on your phone via SMS. |
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| Adding Airtime |
Your Grenada SIM card (Digicel) comes with an initial starter airtime credit of EC$10 (approx. US$3.72). Additional credit is available through the purchase of airtime vouchers, also called FLEXtime vouchers, as they are referred to locally (not another SIM card). These airtime vouchers are available from Telestial (Voucher PIN will be sent via email) and locally in Grenada at local convenience stores, Digicel shops and authorized dealers. FLEXtime airtime vouchers are available in several denominations:
- EC$10 (approx. US$3.72)
- EC$15 (approx. US$5.60)
- EC$25 (approx. US$9.31)
- EC$40 (approx. US$15)
- EC$70 (approx. US$26)
Simply scratch off the grey protective layer to reveal your voucher code. When punched into the keypad of your international cell phone, the voucher code will credit your SIM card the respective EC (Eastern Caribbean Dollar) denomination you purchased.
Airtime vouchers are available locally in Grenada at local convenience stores, Digicel shops and authorized dealers and any hawker on the street shouting, "Get your phone cards!"
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 6 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 SIM card. The 6 month period starts the day you arrive in Grenada. |
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| More Information and Resources |
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Keeping in touch while in Grenada can be very a frustrating and expensive experience without an international cell phone and Grenada 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.
Grenada 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 Grenada 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 Grenada prepaid SIM chip is a quick and easy way to convert your existing world phone into a prepaid Grenada cell phone for Grenada and as discussed is more economical then a Grenada cell phone rental. For your next assignment or vacation in Grenada, 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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