Thuraya Prepaid SIM Card
Thuraya Prepaid SIM card plan is a pricing model best suited for users who require transparent and easy account management. Users benefit from voice, data and fax services anywhere in Thuraya’s coverage area maintaining control of their communications costs.
Benefits
Choice of applications: access all Thuraya services, including voice, data, fax, dial-up Internet, “always on” Internet with Thuraya GmPRS-enabled handsets, and other services.
Budgetary control: predefined costs allow users to manage communication costs.
Simplicity: competitive flat pricing across Thuraya coverage area.
Eligible
This Thuraya Prepaid SIM card plan applies to subscribers using the following cards:
IThuraya basic prepaid SIM
Thuraya Classical prepaid SIM
Thuraya Super SIM
Traveler SIM
Africa SIM
Key Features
SIM includes $10 initial credit.
Initial account validity is one year, effective from the first call made.
First call must be made within 6 months after date of activation; otherwise SIM card will be deactivated.
SIM card validity can be extended by a year subject to payment of annual renewal fee.
Credit refill can be topped up with the standard Thuraya scratch cards. · Renewal fee is waived for heavy users making more than $1,500 worth of satellite calls.
If the account is not reactivated it will be removed from the system at the end of the reactivation period.
Retail prices in USD
| Prepaid SIM Pack price |
$109.00 |
| Minute rate on-net (voice, data and fax): Thuraya to Thuraya |
$0.99/min |
| Minute rate off-net (voice, data and fax): Thuraya to other networks (PSTN) |
$1.49/min |
Minute rate off-net: Thuraya to other satellite networks
(Globalstar, Inmarsat B, Inmarsat M, Inmarsat Mini-M) |
$4.99 |
| Minute rate off-net: Thuraya to other satellite networks and exotic destinations (Inmarsat BGAN, Inmarsat M4, Iridium, Montserrat, Kiribati, etc) |
$8.00 |
| SMS Charge |
$0.49/message |
| Annual Renewal fee (1 year validity extension) |
$39 |
| Charging increment |
60 sec |
Initial 10 units credit
Account Validity: Initial account validity is 1 year effective first call. SIM card is cancelled if the first call is not made within 6 months from the date of activation
Annual Renewal Fee: Renewal fee is waived for heavy users, those who are making more than 1,500 Units worth of satellite calls per year.
Grace Period: Subscriber is given 90 days grace period after SIM expiry date to renew the account. During grace period, incoming calls are possible. If subscriber fails to renew the account within the grace period, account will be deactivated.
Data/Fax
Data/Fax sending and receiving facility is available for all prepaid subscribers with the package free of charge upon request.
Subscribers can be allocated a pair of numbers – one for receiving data, and another for receiving fax calls. People interested to send faxes/data to Thuraya subscribers must use the fax/data numbers mentioned above.
Dial-up Internet Service
Dial-up Internet Service (1722) is charged similar to Thuraya-Thuraya Data/Fax charges. Subscribers must have the data service enabled in order to use this service.
Supplementary Services
The following services are offered free of charge
- Call Forwarding
- Call Waiting and Call Hold
- Three Party Conference Calling (does not support mobile to mobile calls within the satellite network)
- Calling Line Identification Presentation (CLIP)
- Voice Mail
- Customer Controlled Barring
Roaming onto GSM Networks
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Charge Description
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Retail Price/Minute
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| Making Calls (Prepaid) |
Roamed” GSM Applicable tariff of the network (IOT) + 25% Thuraya roaming charge + currency fluctuation mark-up
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| Receiving Calls |
Units 0.50/Min.*
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* For Thuraya subscribers receiving calls in GSM networks applying receiving charges for mobile terminated calls, Thuraya adds this charge over and above the $0.50/Min charge
Note: Although the official word from Thuraya is that roaming is possible with prepaid, experience has learned that it works only in Saudi Arabia under MOBILI GSM network.
Other Call Charges
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Service
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Short Code
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Charge
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Voice
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| Prepaid Main Menu |
150 |
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| Scratch card refill |
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| Know own Thuraya Number |
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| Change Language |
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| Prepaid renewal |
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| Prepaid Account Interrogation |
151 |
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| Post Paid Billing Inquiry |
152 |
0.42 USD/Min. |
| Access Voice Mail Box |
123 |
Thuraya -Thuraya voice call |
| Leave a Message to Thuraya Voice Mail Box |
124 |
Thuraya -Thuraya voice call |
| "Call for all" Prepaid Calling Card Access (English) |
155 |
Free |
| "Call for all" Prepaid Calling Card Access (Arabic) |
156 |
Free |
| "Call for all" Prepaid Calling Card Access (French) |
157 |
Free |
| Customer Service Center |
100 |
0.42 USD/Min. |
| Internet Dial-Up Service |
1722 |
Thuraya -Thuraya data/fax call |
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SMS
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| Post Paid Billing Inquiry |
152 |
Normal SMS charge |
| SMS to Email (Send an email from the Thuraya phone to any email address by using the SMS service) |
1200 |
Normal SMS charge |
| Self Activation for GmPRS service |
1133 |
Normal SMS Charge for Postpaid |
| Password Acquisition (to enable subscribers to acquire information over the web (services.thuraya .com). |
1522 |
Normal SMS charge |
| Location Determination |
1300 |
Normal SMS charge |
| AlJazeera SMS Information Service (Subscribe) |
1650 |
Normal SMS charge |
| AlJazeera SMS Information Service (Cancel) |
1651 |
Normal SMS charge |
| CallMeBack Service (Send SMS with MSISDN of the person you want to call back) |
1755 |
Free |
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Miscellaneous Service
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Number
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Charge
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| Access Thuraya Voice Mail from PSTN/PLMN Network |
88216100123 |
Collection rate of originating |
| Leave a message from PSTN/PLMN to a Thuraya Voice Mail Box |
88216100124 |
Collection rate of originating network |
| Emergency Number(s) Within Any Country |
999, 911, 112 |
Free |
GmPRS
ThurayaGmPRS service is charged over and above the customer’s existing basic voice subscriptions and/or activations.
ThurayaGmPRS Prepaid
Prepaid customers can avail of ThurayaGmPRS service by paying an activation fee. The customer must have sufficient credit in his account over and above credit required for the basic service (e.g. voice) for the activation to take place.
Activation Fee (One off) 20 Units
Usage Charge UNITS 5 /MB
Activation of ThurayaGmPRS Service
To activate the ThurayaGmPRS service, the customer should already be subscribed to the basic voice services.
Upon activation of ThurayaGmPRS service, the customer will receive the following:
- ThurayaMail account (5 MB) with the format: 88216XXXXXXXX@thurayamail.com
- 5 MB space on ThurayaCase for file transfer
ThurayaMail address and password will be sent as SMS to the customer upon activation.
Deactivation of ThurayaGmPRS Service
Customers can deactivate the ThurayaGmPRS service at any time.
Deactivation of ThurayaGmPRS service will also deactivate ThurayaMail and ThurayaCase accounts of the customer.
Other Charges
Charge Description Short Code Charge
Self activation of ThurayaGmPRS service via SMS (Prepaid only) 1133 Free of charge
Reset of ThurayaMail password via SMS (Postpaid and Prepaid) 1134 Normal SMS charge
Data Block
ThurayaGmPRS traffic shall be charged based on 10 Kilobytes data block.
Product Management Unit/Pricing Department
Time Calculations
For the purpose of calculating various periods, GMT timing shall be used.
Public Static IP for ThurayaGmPRS Prepaid Service Plans
Customer is charged 400 USD for the static IP address for one full year in advance. This fee is not refundable upon deactivation. Customers are reminded 1 month before the expiry date of the IP address subscription. In case the customer does not have enough balance at the time of extension of SIM validity, the IP address is deactivated and customer is notified by SMS. Deactivated Static IP address is kept for a grace period of 1 month before permanently canceling it if no renewal (300 USD) is made during the grace period of the prepaid SIM used.
With Thuraya Prepaid SIM card you can..
Top up your account through "scratch" cards that can be bought from UStronics. To add minutes to your SIM card click HERE.
Call 1-703-444-4077 or send an email to sales@ustronics.com to refill your account
Note:
The SIM card must be initialized (Register & use) within 6 months of purchase. If it is not initialized within this period, the SIM card will be deactivated, and the phone number and initial credit will be lost. Refilling of the SIM is also allowed only after placing the first call.
Customer Help Desk:
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