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| Activating Your Service |
Your Uganda SIM card will provide you with a Uganda cellular phone number, which can be found on the back of your SIM card package. The number begins with 7. Do not throw away the packaging until you retrieve your cellular phone number.
- Travel to Uganda
- Be sure that the battery is adequately charged
- Insert the Uganda SIM chip into the cellular phone*
- Turn on your phone
- Enter PIN1 code (default 0000)^
- Start calling**
Customer service for your Uganda prepaid SIM card is available 24 hours a day by dialing 100 at any time from your Uganda cellular phone.
For emergencies while using your local Uganda GSM SIM card in Uganda please dial 112 from your cell phone.
*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized Uganda SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert Uganda 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 (Default 0000), which is located on the welcome letter affixed to your prepaid Uganda 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 3 times. Follow your cell phone manual instructions to correctly use the PUK to unblock your phone.
** When calling overseas from the United States to your Uganda cell phone, callers will need to dial 011 followed by country code 256 then your Uganda cell phone number. To call abroad from your Uganda cell phone simply dial the + key on your cell phone or 00 followed by the country code and phone number. To call Telestial you would dial +18582742686 |
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| Airtime Rates |
 Domestic Calls
The Domestic rates are per minute for outgoing calls within Uganda from your prepaid Celtel SIM card while you are in Uganda. All incoming calls, regardless of where they originate, are FREE. All calls are billed per minute.
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| Peak times |
USH 340 (US$0.20) |
| Off-Peak times |
USH 280 (US$0.16) |
| SMS message |
USH 105 (US$0.06) |
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International Calls Making international calls from your world cell phone has never been easier than with your prepaid Uganda SIM card. All rates are listed per minute for international outgoing calls while in Uganda.
| UK, Europe, North America |
India / UAE |
East Africa |
South Africa |
Rest of the World |
USH 1,600
($0.94 USD) |
USH 1,600
($0.94 USD) |
USH 900
($0.53 USD) |
USH 1,600
($0.94 USD) |
USH 2,200
($1.29 USD) |
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 Uganda service. |
GPRS Data Rates (Wireless Internet) GPRS is currently not available with with your Uganda service. |
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| Adding Airtime |
Your Uganda SIM card package will include a USH 5000 ($5 USD) airtime voucher. Additional credit is available through the purchase of airtime vouchers (not another SIM card) in Uganda from local tabac shops, authorized dealers and convenience stores. Airtime vouchers are available in the following USH denominations: 5000 , 10000, 20000 and 40000. To recharge your Uganda service, simply follow the instructions below.
- Scratch off the protective layer to reveal your recharge voucher code
- Enter *130*(your recharge voucher code)# and then press �yes/ok/send�
- You will receive a confirmation SMS message shortly
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 |
To keep your account active simply make an outgoing call, send an outgoing SMS or add airtime, at least once every 90 days. If there is no action within this time then your mobile phone number will be recycled and any remaining airtime will be forfeit. To get connected again you will be required to purchase another SIM card. The validity period begins the day you arrive in Uganda. |
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| Special Promotions |
- No promotions currently available for this SIM card.
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| More Information and Resources |
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Keeping in touch while in Uganda can be very a frustrating and expensive experience without an international cell phone and Uganda 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.
Uganda 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 Uganda 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 Uganda prepaid SIM chip is a quick and easy way to convert your existing world phone into a prepaid Uganda cell phone for Uganda and as discussed is more economical then a Uganda cell phone rental. For your next assignment or vacation in Uganda, 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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