Thuraya BACKUP Prepaid Plan SIM

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 (valid for 30 days from first call)
• 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 & Balance Rules:

• The Thuraya BACKUP Plan has an initial validity of five (5) years from the first call.
• Renewal Fee: $120 (every five years)
• The initial prepaid balance of $10 will be valid only for the first 30 days after the first call made with your new Thuraya account.
• If the account balance falls below $120 at the renewal time, the account will enter the 365-day grace period.
• During the grace period inbound calls will still be possible, however, outbound calls will NOT be allowed.
• Within the first 90 days of the grace period, any expired prepaid balance can be restored by recharging the account with airtime vouchers.
• If the account is NOT recharged within the 365-day grace period, the account will be permanently deactivated.
• To reactivate the same SIM-card, a reactivation fee equal to the price of a new plan will have to be paid.

Destination Bands

• Most 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.