Africa Plan Coverage Explained
If you are planning on using the satellite airtime to initiate calls and/or sms's from within Africa ONLY, then the Africa Plan would be the most cost effective route to follow.
The Africa plan is limited to outgoing calls from within Africa, Note however that you can receive calls from any destination (WorldWide)
Summary
- Outbound Calls from your Satellite Device on Africa Plan - LIMITED TO AFRICA
- Inbound Calls to your Satellite Device on Africa Plan - WORLDWIDE
Pre-Paid Iridium Voice & SMS Airtime - Africa
300 min
Africa
$360
300 Minutes
Bundle Units 7200
Validity 12 Months
Sim & Activation - $20
Rollover of unused airtime upon recharge - Yes
Outgoing African Unit Call Charges
Calls to Landlines/Cellphones
Africa
$1.20
Per Minute
24 Units
Calls to Iridium/VoiceMail
Africa
$0.90
Per Minute
18 Units
Calls to other Satellite Networks
Africa
$16.20
Per Minute
324 Units
Calls to 4444 Support
Africa
Free
Per Minute
O Units - Free
SMS / Extreme SOS
Africa
$0.60
Per Minute
12 Units
Billing
- All calls are round-up and billed in 20 second increments.
- Calls to the support line are free of charge - simply dial +1 480 752 5105 from your Iridium handset.
- With Iridium the receiving party never pays for any call - Iridium is thus far cheaper than cellular roaming.
- Retrieve prepaid balances by dialling 2888 from your Iridium Satellite Phone
Iridium Messaging
- All Iridium handsets can receive SMS messages from other Iridium subscribers. SMS to cell phones and visa versa is not available.
- SMS messages can be sent free of charge to Iridium subscribers from www.iridium.com. Messages are limited to 160 characters.
- SMS messages can also be sent to Iridium subscribers via email
- Iridium handsets can send 160 character messages to email
T & C's
- Africa Plan - Restricted to only make calls from within Africa, but can call to anywhere worldwide. Can also receive calls worldwide.
- Rollover of unused airtime upon recharge - Subject to being done prior to account expiry - IndigoSat will send email notifications in this regard.
- Sim swaps billed at $150
