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19-08-2012, 12:38
My sim card (which I bought summer 2011) was valid one year from activation.
2×200 CZK per year... that's €15 per year to keep the sim card alive - rather expensive I think none of the Czech operators had a policy which extends the validity on calling/making an SMS. INT: abroadband, NL: Simyo, *bliep, BE: Colruyt Mobile, MEDIONmobile, LUX: Orange, PL: mBank Mobile, DE: Congstar, MEDIONmobile, IE: Vodafone, CH: OK Mobil, SwissCom, SE: Telia, ES: MásMovil, GR: Cosmote, IT: TIM, RO: Vodafone, RS: mt:s, BY: Privet, UA: Kievstar, MD: Moldcell Feel free to consult me about sim cards in the Benelux and Poland. |
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19-08-2012, 20:16
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03-05-2013, 16:46
hi,
You guys on here appear extremely knowledgeable about all this - whereas I am a complete novice - could you possibly answer a few novicy questions for me please: I am off to Prague in just over a week, and in order to save money, I think buying an o2 simcard is the way to go: I have an unlocked old HTC Wildfire phone - reading about the problems with sim card sizes, is this likely to be a problem for my phone ? Am I right in thinking that the simcard costs 150 CZK (but comes with that as credit) and if I were to need to make a local call (ie: in Prague) - this would cost me 6 CZK per minute? (I'm slightly confused by the two tariff options). And finally, I would also be interested in purchasing the 150 MB data option for 75czk? I assume that would come out of the initial 150 CZK credit (Assuning I had not spent it on calls). actually - one more important question - will I have to go through a process with my phone in order to sort out the internet settings? I remember when I first unlocked it and put in a UK simcard I did. And if I did have to do this - would I have to go through the process all over again when I returned to UK and replaced it with my UK sim card? Many thanks in anticipation. B |
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03-05-2013, 16:59
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I don't know about your HTC Wildfire, but my iPhone reads the APN etc from the SIM card. Whenever I switch SIM cards, I don't have to change the APN manually. |
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01-06-2013, 16:10
Tesco Mobile have just launched in the Czech Republic. Their daily data price of CZK 20 for 50MB is more favourable than O2's price of CZK 30 for 30MB.
Unfortunately their SIM validity policy aligns with other Czech networks rather than with Tesco Mobile in the UK and Ireland. It is no better than O2, requiring top-ups every 6 or 12 months. In Tesco Mobile's FAQ, it says: Jaká je platnost kreditu, který dobiju? Každé dobitÃ* kreditu má platnost 6 měsÃ*ců od data dobitÃ*. Pokud před skončenÃ*m Å¡esti měsÃ*ců nedobijete kredit, zůstatek VaÅ¡eho kreditu expiruje a nebude možné ho použÃ*t. Expirovaný kredit lze obnovit dalÅ¡Ã*m dobitÃ*m. UpozorněnÃ*: Pokud nedojde k dobitÃ* v průběhu 12 měsÃ*ců od poslednÃ*ho dobÃ*tÃ*, platnost SIM karty vyprÅ¡Ã*, kredit propadne a SIM karta i s telefonnÃ*m čÃ*slem bude deaktivována. Jakou má vaÅ¡e SIM karta platnost? VaÅ¡i SIM kartu je potřeba zaktivovat do data uvedeného na obalu. Po aktivaci SIM karty je platnost nastavena na 12 měsÃ*ců a každým dobitÃ*m kreditu je tato doba vždy automaticky prodloužena na dalÅ¡Ã*ch 12 měsÃ*ců. Pokud si nedobijete kredit vÃ*ce než 12 měsÃ*ců, může být SIM karta deaktivována. They only offer combi mini/micro-SIMs, no nano-SIMs. |
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You can find out a lot of this info on their website at: https://www.tescomobile.cz/domu/ I used Google Chrome and had it translate the pages for me. First I signed up for the CLUBCARD program as your credits get doubled when you top up. Luckily there was a helpful lady at the "Tesco Expres" who spoke very good English and was able to lead me through the paperwork, otherwise it would have been very difficult. You could of course take the Clubcard application and find someone to help you translate it and then bring it back. The Clubcard program is free to sign up for. It might be wise to go to a big Tesco store as maybe more likely to have someone who speaks English. I went back to the same "Tesco Expres" later and six people were working the cash registers and none of them spoke English. The SIM card was 150 CZK ($7.92). It comes with 150 CZK of credit. Also helpful to have a program which can translate your SMS messages, and likely want to be on WiFi until you have fully activated the data plan. I use Android and used this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...smstranslator2 My steps: 1) Sign up for the Tesco ClubCard program. 2) I disabled cellular data as I wanted to activate one of their data plans later. If you don't do this then as soon as your phone uses cellular data you will be charged 20 CZK and get 20MB of data for the next 24 hours. 3) Buy the Tesco SIM card for 150 CZK ($7.92). Install Tesco SIM card into my phone. 4) Send a text message to 999346 with the string "CLUBCARD ####" where "####" is your clubcard #. In my case it was 18 digits. 5) I received a reply of: "Pozadavek byl prijat ke zpracovani" which means they received the message and are processing it. 6) Within an hour I received a message: "Cislo Clubcard bylo prirazeno k Vasi SIM karte. Nymi pri kazdem dobiti dostanete stejne mnozstvi bonusoveho kreditu zdarma. Prvni prirazen muze trvat az 24 hodin " Which basically means the clubcard has been activated to the SIM and you will get bonus for buying credit. 7) I then went to the Tesco register and bought 300 CZK ($15.83) of credit. 8 ) A few minutes later I get a text message that 600 CZK of credit has been added to my account. I now have a total 750 CZK of credit. 9) I sent a text message to 999346 with the string "INTERNET350 A". Options are INTERNET150, INTERNET250, and INTERNET350 which are 150 CZK for 150MB/30days, 250 CZK for 400MB/30days, and 350CZK for 1GB/30days. I wanted the 1GB of data option (INTERNET350) which cost 350 CZK of my 750 CZK credit. Leaving me with 400 CZK credit. Once you get confirmation it is active you can then re-enable your cellular data. 10) Since I am traveling with another person who also got a Tesco SIM card, I also activated the Tesco package which gives you unlimited texting and calling to other Tesco Mobile customers. Plus 120 minutes of calling and 60 SMS messages to non-Tesco mobile customers. Cost for the package is 300 CZK and they recommend you keep 40 CZK of credit on the account as they first charge you to call non-Tesco mobile customers and then within 15 minutes credit it back if you have free minutes left. 11) To activate the Tesco calling package send a text message to 999346 with the string "BALICEK A". Similar to the Internet activation you will get a message saying the request has been received and then later another message saying it has been activated. So I paid a total of 450 CZK ($23.75) to get 1 GB of data and unlimited calling to my travel companion. They did the same. We are here for 15 days so it made sense for us. Europe 2013 vacation: Piranha-Mobile and Truphone plus the following AT: T-Mobile, CZ: Tesco Mobile, DE: Lidl & Toggle Mobile, DK: Telia & Toggle Mobile, ES: Toggle Mobile, FR: Orange & Toggle Mobile, HU: T-Mobile, SE: Telenor & Toggle Mobile |
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