Thuraya BACKUP prepaid plan offers a long 5-year validity period with lower annual cost and flat calling rates throughout the Thuraya coverage in Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia.

IMPORTANT! Thuraya satellite service is NOT available in North & South America. Consider Iridium satellite phones instead.

Thuraya BACKUP plan comes with:

• $10 of preloaded airtime
• 5 years of account validity
• Activated services: voice, messaging, GmPRS data, voicemail

Calling Rates:

• All calls are charged at 60 second increments, GmPRS - at 100-Kb data blocks.

Account Validity:

• Thuraya BACKUP plan has initial validity of five (5) years from first call.
• Renewal Fee (every 5 years): $120
• If the account balance is below $129 at the renewal time, the account enters the 90-day grace period. Incoming calls are still possible.
• If the account is reloaded within the grace period, the existing balance will be restored.
• If the account is NOT reloaded within the grace period, the entire unused balance will be reset to zero and the account will be permanently deactivated.

Destination Bands

• The majority of world countries and territories fall in Band 1 destinations.
• The countries, territories and other satellite systems mentioned below correspond to Band 2 and Catch-All destinations. Calling to those destinations will result in a significantly higher calling rate and faster depletion of your Thuraya prepaid balance.