Iridium Prepaid Africa 300min Plan
AFRICA SIM FOR IRIDIUM PHONES
Due to the massive demand, Iridium has introduced a new prepaid voucher for the Africa region numbering up to 300 minutes at extremely attractive rates. This voucher uses the regular (315) prepaid SIM cards. The Africa voucher has two zones: “Africa” and “Outside Africa”. The Africa zone is defined by the following countries:
| Algeria |
Angola
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Benin
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Botswana
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| Burkina Faso |
Burundi
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Cameroon
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Cape Verde
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Central African Republic
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Chad
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Comoros
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Congo
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Dem Republic of Congo
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Djibouti
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Egypt
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Equatorial Guinea
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Eritrea
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Ethiopia
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Gabon
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Gambia
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Ghana
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Guinea
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Guinea-Bissau
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Ivory Coast
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Juan de Nova Island
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Kenya
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Lesotho
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Liberia
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Libya
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Madagascar
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Malawi
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Mali
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
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Mayotte
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Morocco
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Mozambique
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Namibia
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Niger
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Nigeria
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Rwanda
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Senegal
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Sierra Leone
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Somalia
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South Africa
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Sudan
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Swaziland
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Tanzania
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Togo
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Tunisia
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Uganda
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Zambia
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Zimbabwe
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To call using the cheapest calling rate, a call will have to originate within the above Africa zone. It was possible before to call from outside the area to Africa and rates would fall under the rest of the world prices but Iridium has discarded that option.
A new prepaid customer would simply request that the SIM be activated for the Africa pricing plan. If you want to convert existing prepaid clients to the prepaid Africa Plan, the Africa voucher can be reloaded on existing prepaid SIM cards. However, any credit left on the original prepaid account will be lost at the moment of conversion. It is not possible to load Africa initial loads onto normal prepaid activated cards; only reloads will work.
The total number of units on the Africa voucher is 7,200 and it has a 12-month validity. The below table shows the exact number of units charged per service:
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Services
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Rates per minute (no. of units)
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Calls originating in Africa
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Voice calls to fixed or cell phones
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24
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Iridium to Iridium calls
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18
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Direct Internet data
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24
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Dial-up data
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24
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Iridium to Iridium data calls
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48
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Calls to other satellite systems
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324
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Checking voicemail box
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18
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Customer Service
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Free
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Receiving calls with Iridium phone (not 2-stage dialing)
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Free
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Receiving calls via Iridium 2-stage dialing service
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36
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Receiving SMS messages
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Free
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Checking account balance
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Free
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For a call originating from an Iridium in Africa to a cell or landline, the Africa voucher will give you 300 minutes (7,200 units divided by 24 units per call).
Thus, if your Iridium calls are always in Africa, the Africa voucher is more economical.
* Prepaid airtime is non-refundable.
This Prepaid Plan cannot originate calls outside Africa
Grace period for renewals: 90 days from date of expiry. If expiry grace period is missed, a new SIM card will need to be purchased.
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