Greece SIM Card |
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| Activating Your Service |
Your Greece SIM card will provide you with a Greece cellular phone number, which can be found on the security card of your SIM card inside your SIM card package. The number begins with 69.
- Travel to Greece
- Be sure that the battery is adequately charged
- Insert the a la carte SIM card into the mobile phone*
- Turn on your phone
- Begin calling**
Customer service for your Greece a la Carte prepaid SIM card is available 24 hours a day by dialing 13830 at any time from your Greece cellular phone.
For your reference, the emergency numbers while in Greece are: 100 for Police, 166 for Ambulance, 199 for Fire
*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized Greece SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the Greece 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 cell phone will prompt you for a 4 digit PIN code, which is defaulted to 4 zeroes "0000". This is a security feature of your Greece SIM card. The PUK is only required to unblock your phone if you enter a PIN code into your cell phone incorrectly 3 times. Follow your cell phone manual instructions to correctly use the PUK to unblock your cellular phone if this occurs.
**When calling overseas from the United States to your Greece cell phone, callers will need to dial 011 followed by the country code 30 and then your Greece cell phone number, omitting the first 0 (zero). To call abroad from your Greece 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
Below are the airtime rates of local calls per minute from your Greece cell phone to any other phone within Greece.
| Within Vodafone CU Network |
EUR 0.2927 (approx. US$0.4631) |
| Landlines or other Mobiles |
EUR 0.3513 (approx. US$0.5558) |
| WAP services |
EUR 0.2071 (approx. US$0.3277) |
| Text Messaging (SMS) |
EUR 0.0514 (approx. US$0.0813)
per message |
| Voicemail |
EUR 0.2499 (approx. US$0.3954) |
| Customer Care (13830) |
EUR 0.119 (approx. US$0.188)
per call |
Minimum airtime 30 seconds, after 30 seconds you are charged per second. All prices include VAT 19%. |
International Calls Below are the per minute airtime rates to call from your Greece a la carte cell phone in Greece to the following international destinations:
| Destination |
Airtime Rates |
| Europe |
EUR 0.8711 (approx. US$1.3784) |
| USA, Australia, New Zealand |
EUR 0.9282 (approx. US$1.4688) |
| Asia |
EUR 1.3566 (approx. US$2.1467) |
| Africa |
EUR 1.8564 (approx. US$2.9376) |
| Pacific Ocean Islands |
EUR 2.5704 (approx. US$4.0674) |
For cheaper international and roaming calling rates consider the Passport international SIM card.
All rates are per minute and include VAT 19%. |
Roaming Calls (calls placed when traveling outside of the country) The roaming service allows you to make use of your mobile telephone abroad in any country connected with Vodafone.
When you are abroad and you activate your mobile telephone, you will be connected to the Vodafone network. The roaming service is available to more than 140 countries.
Before you leave we suggest to contact Customer Care on 13830 to make sure that you can use your mobile abroad. |
GPRS Data Rates (Wireless Internet) GPRS is currently not available with your Greece service. |
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| Adding Airtime |
Additional airtime is available from Telestial (Voucher PIN will be sent via email) or locally in Greece at most tabac shops, convenience stores and petrol stations. These vouchers can be purchased in 3, 10, 20 and 36 Euro denominations. This is the easiest way to add time to your Greece SIM card.
- Scratch off the protective layer to reveal your recharge voucher code
- Dial 1252 from your mobile phone
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- Dial 0944 40 1252 from any other phone
- Enter your recharge voucher code when prompted
Dial 1252 from your Greece mobile phone at no charge to find out the remaining airtime value of your Greece SIM card, the value of the last outgoing call and the date that you did your last recharge. |
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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 Greece a la Carte SIM card and preloaded airtime is valid for 12 months. Every addition of a Greece Vodafone recharge voucher extends the service life for an additional 12 months from that date. If you do not recharge your Greece SIM card within 12 months, your cell phone number will be disconnected and any remaining airtime will be forfeit. |
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| More Information and Resources |
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Keeping in touch while in Greece can be very a frustrating and expensive experience without an international cell phone and Greece 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.
Greece 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 Greece 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 Greece prepaid SIM chip is a quick and easy way to convert your existing world phone into a prepaid Greece cell phone for Greece and as discussed is more economical then a Greece cell phone rental. For your next assignment or vacation in Greece, 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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