SIM Card Purchase for Romania

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Detailed Features Info & Rates Chart Activation Recharges Coverage Map Operating Instructions Need a phone? Priced at only $69.00

Cellular Abroad SIM Card for Romania
A Romania Prepaid SIM Card, together with a tri-band unlocked GSM cell phone, will allow you not only to have a local cell phone number for Romania but also to pay local rates - and without a contract. The rates are extremely advantageous and even include unlimited FREE incoming calls from anywhere in the world. For your next trip to Romania, make sure to purchase a prepaid SIM card.

Information and Talk Rates Chart

*You can find more detailed information on rates including roaming charges here.

Detailed Features

• A Romania (Connex) pre-paid SIM card and cell phone number-you'll have the number before you depart
• Complete with initial airtime worth $5.
• In Romania, unlimited FREE incoming calls from anywhere
• Domestic rates as low as $0.12 per minute
• Calls back to the US and Canada as little as $0.35 per minute.
• Add more call credits as needed by purchasing easily-obtainable recharge voucher cards in various denominations
• English-friendly service with rates in US dollars!
• Voicemail, Caller ID, call-waiting
• Save 50% on calls to favorite Romanian numbers of your choosing
• Various calling plans to choose from. (This is done once in Romania.)
• No yearly contract, monthly charges, daily minimum charges, minimum minutes per call charges or credit checks

Activating your service:

• Go to Romania
• Be sure that battery is charged
• Turn on your phone
• Your first call activates your service.
• Call customer service at *222 to activate international calling. (See international rate options below.)
• If desired, you may now change to a calling plan other than the Standard plan.
• You may also choose to setup a favorite number to save 50% on calls to that number

Checking your balance:
Press *123# and press the Send key. Information about your balance will appear on your screen. Alternately, you can dial 444 and choose the Credit option. (This option is only available within Romania.)

Adding Talk Time:
Additional call credit can be added by purchasing Connex recharge voucher cards, also known as "value cards". These cards are sold in denominations of $6, $10, $15 and $21. These come with credit validities of 1 month, 3 months, 4 months and 4 months, respectively. They can be purchased at Connex stores, gas stations, and post offices. You can also call Connex customer service for information on other locations or ways to add credit. Even if you have zero credit - since incoming calls are always free - you will still be able to receive calls. Once you have purchased a recharge card, simply follow these easy instructions:

• Simply scratch off the protective coating on the back of the card to reveal your voucher code
• Dial *144*[recharge code]# and the <Send> key
• Alternately, you can dial 444 (free of charge), press 2 for "recharge" and follow the recorded instructions.
• When recharging from another phone (either land line or other mobile) call 0722 044 444 and follow the recorded instructions. (Although there is no charge to your account, this is not a free call from a non-Connex number.)
• Upon successful entry of the code, your account will be credited and you'll receive an SMS confirmation of your new available balance.

You can also top up your account through electronic recharging. You can do any value between $4 and $50 and you can also do $100. The 2 most accessible ways for most tourists to do electronic recharging is by going to any Connex Representative, or to any authorized dealers that have on display the "Incarcare Electronica" sign.

Detailed Rates:
All incoming calls on all rate plans are always FREE when receiving calls in Romania. For every 100 minutes of incoming calls, you are awarded a 1 minute outgoing (domestic) call bonus. Rates are based on per-minute charges. Calls are billed in per-second increments after the first minute. (Romania uses the Romanian New Leu (RON) currency, but the Connex service uses US dollars.) Calls to Voice Mail are charged as regular calls within the network. There are 4 rate plans. The Standard rate plan is the default plan on the Connex Card. All rate plans offer the possibility of choosing at least one favorite number from any national network.

Domestic Calls

International Calls
There are 2 supplemental call options for international callers. Since most of our customers are interested in calling internationally, this information is being provided first. For people calling more than 20 minutes per month to international destinations, there is the International Intensive Option. The monthly subscription is $2 USD. For between 10 and 20 minutes per month, there is the International Minutes Option. Dial *222 to activate international dialing options. Any chosen option must be kept at least 1 month from the activation date. (You can't switch back and forth at will.)

Rates do NOT apply to fax and data calls. Rates do not include TVA.

Rates apply to voice, fax and data calls. Rates do not include TVA.

• Provided you keep your chosen option, the unconsumed minutes of a month can be used during the following month, within the limit of the minutes included in the option.
• After having consumed the international minutes included in the option, the basic rates will apply: $0.55 to the US, Canada and Israel; $0.65 to Europe.
• During the same month, you can choose maximmum two options with international minutes included, only one for each wanted destination.

Text Messaging:
All incoming SMS text messagess from anywhere are FREE! Below are the outgoing rates.

Voicemail:
Voicemail is known as Connex Vox. If your mobile handset is off or busy, or if you cannot answer in 20 seconds, or you are outside your coverage area, your incoming calls will be automatically forwarded to your voice mailbox.

• Maximum message length is 2 minutes.
• Mailbox storage capacity is 20 messsages.
• New messages are kept in the mailbox for 7 days.

Service Life:
Upon activation of your card, you have 4 months to use your initial balance for outgoing calls. Furthermore, you have 10 months with which you can receive free incoming calls. Recharging your card extends your service life by these same amounts and allows you to keep the same account with the same phone number. This can be done indefinitely as long as you don't let the service lapse beyond 10 months of inactivity.

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 Talk Abroad™ SIM Card 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.)