UK GSM Prepaid SIM Card w/12£ Nomi on Vodafone towers

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You will receive a UK Nomi-mobile sim card (smart card) with up to £12 (preloaded 10£ and you get another 2£ upon registering on Nomi mobile's website) calling credit and 180 days service, activated few days before your travel date.  The service days can be extended by future top-ups.  You will receive a UK cell phone number (for others to call you) and its account number and pass code (for account maintenance).  The Nomi-Sim allows you to enjoy low cost UK & International calls, from as little as 3p per minute. Nomi’s unique Home-talking service also allows you to dial into your account from any phone (landline or mobile) for rates from 1p per minute.

Features:

1. NO Contracts, NO ID Check, NO activation fee  
2. Free incoming calls and text message, even when you don't have any money in your account
3. Simple rate - every minute is the same low price.
4. Works as soon as you land in UK
5. FREE Online Account Mangement
6. Convenient online top ups available
7. The same credit can be used from any other phone, landline or mobile, with fantastically low rates from 1p/min.

Requirement:

You will prepare an unlocked GSM handset with 900 and/or 1800 MHz bands.  If your handset is locked, and you have been with your current mobile operator for few months, you can ask them to unlocked it for you before you come to UK.  Most likely they will unlock it for you.  If you don't have such a handset, we can rent you one for as little as US$20 for two weeks.  See our handset rental product.

 

Rates (SUPER SUPER RATES):

a. Calling from cell phone, direct dial.

You will put the sim card in your cell phone, and then dial 00+country code+area code + phone number directly.  Easy dialing and low rates.  Example: From UK to UK landline, 5p/min; from UK to UK mobile 10p/min; from UK to US landline and cell 5p/min; from UK to Taiwan landline 4p/min; from UK to Taiwan mobile 10p/min

b. Home talking (use it like a regular global calling card to get an even better rate)

This feature is done via a regular phone or Skype account.  You will

• Dial the free access number 0800 008 6805* or 020 8090 0275**
• Enter your account or mobile number and PIN
• When you hear the dial tone, enter the number you wish to call, including the country and area codes.

TIP: you can use Skype to make free call to nomi's access number (+448000086805), and from there, you can use Nomi-mobile's account to make cheap calls to UK mobile phones from anywhere in the world!

Example: from US to UK mobile is only 10p/min, which is about 16 c/min, compared to 20-40c/min if you use other methods, including skype, to call.

Examples rates (p/min) as of May 2009 are listed below.   For all other rates and updated rates, click here:

* 1 p/min extra when using 0800 008 6805 as the access number

** rates are based on the 02080900275 access number

Coverage:

Nomi-mobile uses Vodafone's network, the biggest cell phone network in UK, so you don't need to worry about its coverage.

Other rates

Roaming

Free roaming in UK.  Not usable outside of UK.

Long distance

Domestic

All rates include UK domestic long distance.

International

All international rates include international long distance.

SMS

Free to receive.  To send, 10-11p/sms.

Compare to other UK mobile providers

Rates are Calling from UK.

Destination Country	Nomi-mobile, p/min	T-mobile world pass, p/min	T-mobile regular, p/min
Monthly fee	0	£ 2.5	0
UK landline	5	20p/min for first 2 min in a day, then 10	25
UK mobile	10	20p/min for first 2 min in a day, then 10	8-25
USA	5	10	90
Taiwan landline	4		180
Taiwan mobile	10		180
China (all)	4		180
New Zealand	5		100
New Zealand mobile	15		100
Canada (all)	5		90
Australia	5	30	100
Australia mobile	13	30	100
Hong Kong	4		180
Hong Kong mobile	4		180

User Guide: click here

Refill

Ways of top-ups

1. Go to local gas station, post office, drug store, super market etc to buy top-ups.  They are available in over 90,000 stores in UK.

2. Shop on line www.aerobile.com for Nomi-mobile top-up codes.  Once you have the top-up code,

• Call 321 from your cell phone and you'll be immediately
  directed to the appropriate menu for top ups.

3. Register your credit card (UK issued card only) with Nomi-mobile, and begin online top-ups.

Check balance

Call 326 from your nomi-mobile mobile phone

Customer service

Call 325 toll free from your nomi-mobile mobile phone or 0845 872 0125 from any phone (toll applies).

 We are Nomi-mobile's Authorized Dealer in USA and Taiwan.  We can ship Nomi sim card to the world!.  Happy eBaying.