Jersey, IOM & RSM

DRNewcomb · **Jersey, IOM & RSM -** 06-08-2007, 00:23

I'm wondering to what extent the legal positions of IOM & Jersey wrt Europe have to do with the decisions to base international SIMs on those islands? Also, I think (but others would know better) that RSM is similarly positioned. Should we be expecting an international SIM to come out of RSM before long?

Nokia1610 · 06-08-2007, 01:02

Probably in those islands there are facilities about taxes and easier regulations for societies. The same happens in Liechtenstein (UM) and in Monaco (Hop). In S.Marino there is a similar situation as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see an international sim to come out of S.Marino. Probably, "Prima" itself may consider to offer an international sim: this could turn out to be interesting, but first of all we have to wait for it to start completely with their first services

Keighleyboy · 06-08-2007, 01:10

Just need the islands of Guernsey to join the list of +44 based numbers to provide international SIMs

MATHA531 · 06-08-2007, 01:11

...but where do Estonia and Iceland fit into this?

Keighleyboy · 06-08-2007, 01:21

Might aswell add Gibraltar to this list even though it would have a +350 prefix, the calls to destination are cheap and some carriers (like www.mobileworld.co.uk) i use charge the same weather landline or mobile, like is usually the case with calling USA or Canada

bbob · 07-08-2007, 07:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keighleyboy

Might aswell add Gibraltar to this list even though it would have a +350 prefix, the calls to destination are cheap and some carriers (like www.mobileworld.co.uk) i use charge the same weather landline or mobile, like is usually the case with calling USA or Canada

The charge the same because there is little traffic to these destinations. KNP is Holland charged the same for UM lichtenstein till some time ago when they increased the rate from 0,10 euro to 0,90 euro.
Whenever a non popular destination becomes more popular they will look at the rates because you can bet 1 thing, they don't want to loose money.

For this reason I think a +44 number is perfect as in the end there will always be carriers that offer good rates because of volume to these destinations. Also for business use it looks better to have a +44 number thatn some etsonian, gibraltar or some small country number.

Stu · 07-08-2007, 15:28

Do any French overseas holdings still use country code 33? (e.g. St Pierre, etc). Or better yet, what about a US based roaming SIM with an Iowa rural exchange number?

snidely · 07-08-2007, 22:32

Stu -
Code for St. Pierre is 508. Don't know about French Polynesia - but it isn't 33.

...mike

fedeprovenza · 07-08-2007, 22:50

+689, code for french polynesia

DRNewcomb · 07-08-2007, 23:35

Another possibility would be Åland. They now have their own wireless network.

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	Jersey, IOM & RSM - 06-08-2007, 00:23 I'm wondering to what extent the legal positions of IOM & Jersey wrt Europe have to do with the decisions to base international SIMs on those islands? Also, I think (but others would know better) that RSM is similarly positioned. Should we be expecting an international SIM to come out of RSM before long?

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Nokia1610 (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 31 Join Date: 05 Aug 2007 Location: Milan Country:	06-08-2007, 01:02 Probably in those islands there are facilities about taxes and easier regulations for societies. The same happens in Liechtenstein (UM) and in Monaco (Hop). In S.Marino there is a similar situation as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see an international sim to come out of S.Marino. Probably, "Prima" itself may consider to offer an international sim: this could turn out to be interesting, but first of all we have to wait for it to start completely with their first services

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Keighleyboy (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 80 Join Date: 01 Jun 2006 Country:	06-08-2007, 01:10 Just need the islands of Guernsey to join the list of +44 based numbers to provide international SIMs

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	06-08-2007, 01:11 ...but where do Estonia and Iceland fit into this?

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Keighleyboy (Offline) Member Advanced Member Posts: 80 Join Date: 01 Jun 2006 Country:	06-08-2007, 01:21 Might aswell add Gibraltar to this list even though it would have a +350 prefix, the calls to destination are cheap and some carriers (like www.mobileworld.co.uk) i use charge the same weather landline or mobile, like is usually the case with calling USA or Canada

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	07-08-2007, 15:28 Do any French overseas holdings still use country code 33? (e.g. St Pierre, etc). Or better yet, what about a US based roaming SIM with an Iowa rural exchange number? Last edited by Stu; 07-08-2007 at 16:03..

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snidely (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 451 Join Date: 09 May 2005 Location: Berkeley, California and Miami Country:	07-08-2007, 22:32 Stu - Code for St. Pierre is 508. Don't know about French Polynesia - but it isn't 33. ...mike Make use of T-M's UMA/wifi free calling from any place in the world with access to wifi. I use an LG G6, wife an S7) A/o Oct 20, 2013 no need for intl prepaid as T-Mobile U.S. includes voice roaming at 20¢/min (in and out)., unlimited text (in and out), and unlimited data in 140+ countries. My Plan -[6 lines] U.S. T-Mobile unlimited minutes (incoming and outgoing), unlimited text, fast data on each line. that $145/mo. total! . (In U.S. no surcharge for calling a cell.) If a line exceeds 2G of data in a month, pay $10 more for that line. [That only happens a couple times/year.

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fedeprovenza (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 282 Join Date: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Garda lake (south-west) Country:	07-08-2007, 22:50 +689, code for french polynesia [COLOR="Magenta"]"Working" PrePaids: Wind, Vodafone, CoopVoce, , Travelsim (2), 02 Irish (2) My best sim?--> Wind +39-328 My phones: Samsung Galaxy Next S5570

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	07-08-2007, 23:35 Another possibility would be Åland. They now have their own wireless network.