SIM Card Purchase for India

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Detailed Features Info & Rates Chart Activation Recharges Operating Instructions Need a phone? Priced at only $89.00

Cellular Abroad SIM Card for India
An India Prepaid SIM Card, together with a tri-band unlocked GSM cell phone, will allow you not only to have a local cell phone number for India but also to pay local rates - and without a contract. The rates are extremely advantageous especially for incoming calls from anywhere in the world. For your next trip to India, make sure to purchase a prepaid SIM card.

Information and Talk Rates Chart

*You can find more detailed information on rates including roaming charges here.

Detailed Features

• Incoming:  4.5  US cents per min (domestic) / 6  US cents per min (international)
• Outgoing rates within India US$0.17 / min.
• International calls to the US and Europe at US $0.21 / min.
• An Indian cellular phone number
• Complete with FREE airtime worth US$5 (approx 30 min domestic / 24 min international)
• Voicemail
• SMS-Text Message (Free Incoming)
• No yearly contract, monthly charges or credit check

Activating Your Service:

1. Upon arrival, enter your PIN code from your “Airtel” SIM card
2. You may start calling

Call Credit
Your account balance is updated on the screen of your handset at the end of each chargeable call. You can also call 123 from your mobile phone and listen to the voice announcement or simply dial *123#, press 'OK' or 'YES' button and your account balance will be displayed on the screen of your handset

You may check your remaining credit as often as you like, free of charge.

• Enter *123# on your cell phone. Press talk or send.
• Follow prompts

Purchasing Talk Time

• In India, at a wide variety of vendor that post a "Airtel Easy Recharge" option.
• Visit http://airtel.in/reach_home.aspx?path=1%2f6%2f6%2f4&servid=1 to locate the vendor closest to your location before you leave.

Adding Talk Time
Simply follow the procedure mentioned below, to recharge your phone.

• Upon your request, the vendor will directly recharge your card using his mobile.
• Just mention your Airtel number and the amount you wish to recharge.
• Both you and your dealer will receive an SMS in a few seconds confirming the recharge.
• Just pay your dealer and your transaction is complete
• Do make sure that the dealer enters your correct mobile number and the amount you wish to recharge.
• You can dial *123# from your Airtel phone and your current balance will be automatically displayed.
• While customers are on roaming and the balance finishes to 0, they will not be able to dial even the toll-free calls like 123

Detailed Rates:Rates
Domesting Rates:
Incoming:  4.5  US cents per min (domestic) / 6  US cents per min (international)

International Rates:

Outgoing:

All incoming text is free.

• Domestic text  $0.02 USD
• National text $0.05 USD
• International text $0.12 USD

For detailed info on rates in each circle, you may visit http://www.airtel.in/nationalroamingprepaid.aspx?path=1%2f6%2f6%2f5%2f8

Voice Mail
You can divert your calls to voice mail from call settings. Voicemail will take a message for you, and play it back to you when,

• Your mobile phone is switched off.
• You are already engaged on another call.
• You have selected the call divert option.
• You are in an area that is not covered by the network.

Customer Service
For network or service issues:

• Dial 121 from your handset.  This is a 24/7 customer support line.
• From a landline, Dial 00 91 99 2835 5597. 24/7 and Engish is available.
• +91 11 4166 6000 Airtel customer support or email 121@airtelindia.com with your Ph. Number in the subject line
• +91 11 4166 6011/12 Airtel fax number

Service Life
Each time you add airtime to the SIM, the validity period is extended according to each recharge card. If this credit expires, you then have 60 days to recharge the credit on your SIM card. After this time period, the SIM card will expire and any remaining airtime will be forfeit.
To check your SIM cards validity dial *12

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.)