Please Note:

Your France SIM Card (Mobiho) will require a SIM-unlocked GSM 900 / 1800 compatible international cell phone. If you do not have your own international cell phone, we have several models available for rental or purchase.

Your France SIM card will provide you with a France cellular phone number, which can be found on the back of your SIM card package, handwritten into a white field. The number begins with 06.

*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized France SIM card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the France SIM card into your international cell phone with the gold contacts of the SIM card facing the metal contacts of your international cellular phone.

^Your phone will prompt you for a 4 digit PIN code (PIN), which is printed on the card where your SIM card is detached from. The PUK is only required to unblock your cell phone if you enter the PIN code incorrectly 3 times. Follow your international cellular phone manual instructions to correctly use the PUK to unblock your phone.

**When calling overseas from the United States to your France cellular phone, callers will need to dial 011 followed by the country code 33 and then your France cell phone number, omitting the first 0 (zero). To call abroad from your France cell phone simply dial + followed by the country code and phone number.

To reach customer service for your France prepaid SIM card, please dial 543 from your mobile phone (charges may apply).

For your reference, the emergency numbers while in France are: 17 for Police, 15 for Ambulance, 18 for Fire

Domestic rates are per second for outgoing calls within France from your France SIM card while you are in France. All incoming calls, regardless of where they originate, are FREE with your Mobiho France SIM card.

All domestic calls to fixed lines and mobiles within France are charged at EUR 0.39 per minute (approx. US$0.56).

Text messages are charged at EUR 0.10 per message (approx. US$0.15).

International Calls

International calls are calls made while you are in France, calling outside of France, from your France prepaid SIM card.

International text messages are charged at EUR 0.17 per message (approx. US$0.26).

Roaming Calls (calls placed when traveling outside of the country)

Roaming calls are calls made outside of France, calling to France or calling to countries other than France, from your France prepaid SIM card.

Please consult the rates table below.

All rates are in Euros. Calls are billed in 1 minute increments.

PLEASE NOTE: Sending SMS messages while roaming is currently not possible.

Europe: Includes France

Zone 1: Algeria, Morocco, Switzerland, Tunisia

Zone 2: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey

Zone 3: Rest of the world

GPRS Data Rates (Wireless Internet)

GPRS is currently not available with your France service.

Your SIM card will include an initial airtime credit of EUR 10.00 (US$14.26) to start you off. The initial airtime is valid for 14 days after you make the first call. You can top-up your prepaid France SIM card by purchasing a top-up card (airtime vouchers), not another SIM card. These airtime vouchers are available in several denominations and are available from exclusively in Tobacco Retail Stores * throughout France.

To recharge your France service, please

Alternatively:

To check your balance please compose a blank text message and send to 22213

Remember: Do not purchase another France SIM card when your airtime credit is depleted, you only need a recharge voucher.

* There are over 20000 of these stores in France, however Mobiho is NOT sold in traditional GSM stores. Please ask the Tobacco shop owner to go through the menu on his cash register in order to find and print a Mobiho airtime voucher.

The initial airtime credit of EUR 10.00 (US$14.26) your France SIM card includes will expire 14 days after you make the first call (or send the first text message). If you do not recharge your France service for 4 months * after your credit has expired, your France SIM card will automatically be terminated which means you will need to purchase another SIM card and a new number will be provisioned.

* For a fee of EUR 24 (US$31.25), Mobiho will extend the life of your SIM card to 1 year.

Keeping in touch while in France can be very a frustrating and expensive experience without an international cell phone and France SIM card.

Sometimes a payphone takes coins (But how many is anybody's guess!!!), other times a proprietary calling card and still others only a credit card will do with accompanying instructions that would take a week to understand.

France cellular phone rentals can significantly cut down on the frustration of calling home while abroad but the airtime rates would bankrupt all but the thickest of wallets. Airtime rates for a France cell phone rental can typically start at $1.50 and may be as high as $2+/minute.

Think you got a deal on your world phone and plan on doing some international roaming? With international roaming charges the airtime rate you will pay is out of this world.

The France prepaid SIM chip is a quick and easy way to convert your existing world phone into a prepaid France cell phone for France and as discussed is more economical then a France cell phone rental. For your next assignment or vacation in France, this SIM chip (combined with an unlocked GSM World cell phone) helps you stay connected while avoiding those international roaming surcharges that always accompany your 'home' SIM card while abroad. We offer a growing selection of prepaid SIM Cards for other international destinations as well as a wide variety of GSM cell phone accessories and GSM international cell phones.