A prepaid Aruba SIM card for with an international cell phone is the most convenient and economical solution for staying in touch while in Aruba. All incoming calls, while in Aruba are FREE, regardless of where they originate. Pay the local rate for local calls and use a cellular phone in Aruba like you do at home. And unlike home, your Aruba SIM card and cell phone service is prepaid so there is no need for a contract.
What's included ?
A Primo Aruba prepaid SIM card for your cell phone
$17.00 (31 Guilders) starter airtime credit
A local cell phone number in Aruba
FREE incoming calls
SMS (text messages)
Voicemail
Per second billing
No yearly contract, monthly charges or credit check
Activating Your Service
Your Aruba mobile phone number is displayed through the window on the front of your SIM card packaging and begins GSM number: 56…. The Aruba cell phone number may also be found on the tri-fold letter containing your SIM card.
Be sure that battery is charged
Insert the Aruba SIM card into the mobile phone*
Turn on the phone
Enter the PIN code (defaulted to 0000)^
Start calling**
Customer service for your Aruba Primo prepaid SIM card is available 24 hr./day by dialing 139 at any time from your Aruba cellular phone
*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized Aruba SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the Aruba SIM card into your international cell phone with the gold contacts of the Aruba SIM card facing the metal contacts of your international cellular phone.
^Your phone will prompt you for a 4-digit PIN code (defaulted to 0000), which is located on the tri-fold envelope affixed to the SIM card. The PUK is only required to unblock you 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 Aruba cellular phone number callers will need to dial 011 followed by the country code 297 and then your Aruba cell phone number. To call abroad from your Aruba cell phone simply dial 00 followed by the country code and phone number.
Adding Talk Time
Your SIM card has an initial airtime credit of 31 Guilders (US$17.00). Additional credit is available through the purchase of airtime vouchers, also called reload codes (not another SIM card), in Aruba. These airtime vouchers are available in 4 denominations:
15 Guilders (US$8.00)
25 Guilders (US$14.00)
35 Guilders (US$20.00)
50 Guilders (US$28.00)
Simply scratch off the grey protective layer to reveal your voucher code. When punched into the keypad of your international cell phone the voucher code will credit your SIM card the respective Guilder/Florin denomination you purchased.
The validity period of the airtime will be determined by the airtime value that is purchased. And display the airtime validity with the value (but make it look nice:):
15 Florins = 20 days
25 Florins = 30 days
35 Florins = 30 days
50 Florins = 60 days
Note: Florins and guilders may be used interchangeably to refer to the local currency.
Airtime vouchers are available locally, throughout Aruba, at local Tabac shops, convenience stores, and Primo authorized dealers.
Remember: Do not purchase another SIM card when your airtime credit is depleted! Your only need a recharge voucher! And your incoming calls are always free even when you run out of airtime.
Aruba Domestic Rates
Domestic rates are per minute for outgoing calls within Aruba using the prepaid Primo Aruba SIM card while you are in Aruba. All incoming calls on your Aruba cell phone regardless of where they originate are FREE.
| Aruba Domestic Rates |
| Afl.0,16 ($.09) /minute |
Aruba International Rates
Making International calls from your world cell phone has never been easier with your prepaid Aruba SIM card. All rates are per minute for international outgoing calls from an Aruba prepaid SIM card within Aruba.
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USA |
Canada & UK |
Germany |
Australia |
| *Peak |
Afl. 0,75 / ($.42) |
Afl. 0,99 / ($.55) |
Afl. 1,79 / ($1.00) |
Afl. 1,59 / ($.88) |
| **Off Peak |
Afl. 0,55 / ($.31) |
Afl. 0,79 / ($.44) |
Afl. 1,39 / ($.78) |
Afl. 1,59 / ($.88) |
*Peak: 7AM -7 PM **Off-peak: 7PM -7AM, Weekends
Service Life
If you do not recharge your account within 6-months your Primo prepaid cell 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 Aruba.
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