| SIM Card Purchase for Austria |
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Cellular Abroad SIM Card for Austria
A Prepaid SIM Card for Austria, together with a tri-band unlocked GSM cell phone, will allow you not only to have a local cell phone number but also to pay local rates - and without a contract. The rates are extremely advantageous and even include unlimited FREE incoming calls from anywhere in the world. For your next trip to Austria, make sure to purchase a prepaid SIM card.
Information and Talk Rates Chart
| Key Features |
- Local Austrian phone number
- Free incoming calls
- Voicemail
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| Initial Credit |
US $6.65
8 min International
13 min Domestic |
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| Domestic Talk Rates |
Incoming Free/
US$0.51 Outgoing |
| International Talk Rates * |
Incoming Free/
US$0.84 Outgoing |
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*You can find more detailed information on rates and charges here.
Detailed Features
- A prepaid Austria SIM card with English instructions
- An Austria cellular phone number—you'll have the phone number before you arrive!
- Unlimited FREE incoming calls
- Low rates within Austria and overseas, including international calls to the US and Europe at 70 Euro cents per minute.
- Complete with FREE airtime worth €5 (about $6 USD)
- Per-second billing on calls (after the first minute)
- Voicemail
- No yearly contract, monthly charges or credit check
Your Phone Number:
Your phone number is in the instruction package and appears as "Ihre Refnummer", starting with 0676/xxxxxxx.
Activating Your Service:
- Go to Austria
- Make sure your cell phone is fully charged for best performance
- Turn on phone
- Place a call in order to activate service. You will not be able to receive a call until you make your first outbound call.
Checking your credit:
To see what the current balance is on your SIM card, dial 2040 <Send> (or "Talk" or "Yes")
Recharging your SIM card:
Your T-Mobile Klax SIM card comes pre-loaded with € 5 of talk-time credit.
T-Mobile recharge cards are available at most convenience stores, T-Mobile
shops, tobacco stores and gas stations throughout Austria. They may be purchased
in various denominations. Even if you have zero credit, since
incoming calls are always free, you will still be able to receive calls.
To reload your SIM card with further talk time, purchase a recharge card and
proceed as follows:
- Rub off the protective layer to reveal the recharge code number
- Dial *105* (card code) then # and <Send>
- You will receive a confirmation of your transaction
Detailed Rates:
All incoming calls are FREE, regardless of their origin or duration.
After the first minute, all calls are billed on a per-second basis.
| Domestic |
Rates per Minute |
Calls to landlines in Austria at Peak time
(Peak times: 7AM-7PM weekdays) |
€ 0.43 ($0.51 USD) |
| All other calls within Austria including cell phones |
€ 0.21 ($0.25) |
| Calls to Voice Mail |
€ 0.43 ($0.51) Peak and € 0.21 ($0.25) Off-Peak |
| International |
Rates per Minute |
| USA/Canada/Europe |
€ 0.70 ($0.84) |
| Australia/NZ |
€ 1.09 ($1.30) |
Service Life:
Your T-Mobile SIM and accompanying phone number will expire 15 months from the
last recharge. If more than 15 months pass between recharges, your phone number
will be recycled and a new SIM purchase will be required to reactivate service.
For more detailed instructions for the T-Mobile SIM, click here.
Multi-Country Travel
You can also purchase other SIM cards as well for other countries to where you may be traveling. (This option is good for those planning on doing a lot of local calling.) We also offer an international roaming Talk Abroad™ SIM Card that is convenient for travel to multiple countries. (This option is useful for those wanting a single number for use in multiple countries and who will be making more calls back home than locally.) |