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Italy SIM Card Rental / Purchase
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Priced at only $59.95


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Alternatively, you can rent an Italian SIM Card

Introduction

Our prepaid Italy SIM Cards have been specifically designed to fit the cellular needs of American and Canadian tourists traveling to Italy who need both data and voice service. The Uno Mobile SIM card for Italy is a joint collaboration between Cellular Abroad and Uno Mobile (a subsidiary of Vodafone, the second largest carrier in the world) and utilizes the Vodafone network. The voice and data rates are extremely affordable, the instructions and voice prompts and customer service are in English and the coverage is extensive throughout Italy, including of course the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. The Uno Mobile SIM card is ready to be used and does not require you to send a copy of your passport or submit any other registration as you need to do with TIM or the regular Vodafone SIM card. The service is pay as you go so you are in complete control of your budget. You can buy more talk time in over 60,000 locations in Italy or through our 7 days/week hotline. The Vodafone/Uno Mobile SIM card is available to rent or to purchase and will be delivered to you prior to your departure to Italy or, if you are already in Italy, we can send it to you via USPS for only $3.

As a note, Cellular Abroad was the US distributor for TIM SIM cards for over 6 years. Although we sold tens of thousands, we were never completely satisfied with TIM. When Uno Mobile asked Cellular Abroad to help them create and distribute a SIM card for Italy specifically for English speaking travelers, we happily stopped distributing TIM SIM cards. We have been offering this far superior solution since 2007 and we have helped tens of thousands of travelers save hundreds of thousands of dollars on their cell phone bills.

If your cell phone is not compatible for use in Italy, we also offer affordable cell phone rentals and cell phone purchases for Italy. Most of our customers prefer to purchase our entry level handset as it costs about as little to purchase as to rent. Please feel free to compare!

New for 2012! Italy Data SIM Hotspots are now available to rent from Cellular Abroad, with 30 days of unlimited data for your next trip, save on expensive hotel and airport WiFi Hotspots with a more secure alternative that travels with you - you can rent a portable unlimited data hotspot.

Data Service

Also new for 2012! You can now activate data on your Uno Mobile SIM card and receive 1GB of mobile broadband while in Italy. With a data enabled SIM card, you can activate Uno Mobile's 'INTERNET X TUTTI' offer and receive 1GB of 3G speed data for 30 days. €9.00 (about $12.00) will be deducted from your balance. Information about activating your service for data is available here.

Information and Talk Rates Chart

Key Features
  • Local phone number for Italy
  • Free incoming calls
  • Free Voicemail Calls
  • Text Messaging
  • Italian toll-free calls (800-803)
Initial Credit

€10.00
112 min. Domestic
28 min. to U.S. & Canada

Local calls within Italy

Incoming Free
€0.09/min outgoing
€0.16 setup fee per outgoing call

International Calls

Incoming Free
€0.35/min to U.S. & Canada outgoing
€0.55/min other European outgoing

Text / SMS Rates

Incoming Free /
€0.09 ea. to an Italian Cell Phone
€0.50 ea. to an International #

Internet/Data Rates

€9.00 flat fee for 1GB of data for 30 days

Detailed Features

  • Italy cell phone number with service through UnoMobile
  • Easily-added additional talk time by pre-purchasing recharges before or during your trip from Cellular Abroad (7 days/week recharge service) or locally at many points of sale in Italy, including gas stations, newspaper stands or cafes.
  • Great rates and service!
  • Unlimited FREE incoming calls and SMS messages
  • €10.00 of initial credit comes on the SIM card.
  • Calls in Italy as low as €0.09 per minute (€0.16 setup fee per call)
  • 1GB of data for up to 30 days for just €9.00
  • Calls back to the US and Canada only €0.35 per minute.
  • Toll-free (from a landine) English customer support.
  • Voicemail - Free unlimited calls to check your messages
  • Unlike other telecom providers, your Uno Mobile SIM card has been pre registered and is active and ready to go. We do not require a scan of your passport.
Italy SIM Rental Rates
1-7 days 8-14 days 15-28 days 29-42 days 43-56 days
$19.95* $24.95* $29.95* $34.95*
$39.95*
Departure Date? Return Date?

*112 minutes of local Italian calls or 28 minutes outgoing calls to the US.
Compare prices with our Phone & SIM purchase packages for Italy.

Italy €10 Prepaid Recharge
only $26.00 for €10 of talk time credit

Save time by starting your stay in the Italy with an additional €10 of talk time. Each one of these recharges gives you about 112 minutes outgoing within Italy or 28 minutes outgoing calls to the US.

International Roaming and Coverage information

While the Uno Mobile SIM card for Italy does roam outside of Italy, Cellular Abroad does not offer rates nor customer support for this service. If you will need cellular service outside of Italy, please consider the Talk Abroad SIM card.

Coverage on the Uno Mobile network is exceptional and will keep you connected across all of Rome, Bologna, Catania, Florence, Genova, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Pisa, Trieste, Turin, Venice, Verona and Sicily, AND more... To check coverage in your area, please view the interactive coverage map for Italy.

If you need more information regarding the Italy SIM Card, including how to dial, service life, how to check voice mail and how to register your SIM Card, please check out our Italy SIM Card instructions.

Roaming with your current provider

While convenient, roaming with your domestic carrier while traveling to Italy will always be expensive. Some travelers appreciate the convenience of being able to keep the same number while abroad, but unless you want to be available to all of your contacts, this may not be a great thing; you pay a high rate for both inbound and outbound calls, as well as calls to check your voice mail. Uno Mobile’s rates are a small fraction of the rates you can expect to pay with Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon and Rogers in Canada. If you intend to use your phone or tablet for data, be sure to read this as international data roaming rates are not out of this country but out of this world.

 

More Italy SIM Card information:

We have an office in Italy and I am personally there for about 2 months out of the year, so of course I use this solution. I can assure you that this is the least expensive and most convenient way possible to communicate with home! Having 7 days/week customer service and top-up assistance directly through Cellular Abroad is an important added value!

Sebastian Harrison, President, Cellular Abroad

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 National Geographic Talk Abroad™ rental 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.)

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