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Updates for Brazil - general
Hi, this is a nice website. I came across looking for 3G prepaid data plans to use on my trip in May/June to Italy/Switzerland/Finland. Found for both Italy and Finland via this site.
As I am from Brazil I checked the info on Brazil and an update is necessary. Lots of things have changed around here. General:
It is very easy now to buy prepaid SIM cards, they are available, mostly from OI, at newsstands and many other places. There is no need to present a CPF , however in the first call the call is intercepted and the user must key in a CPF. That part on how difficult is to buy prepaid SIMs in Brazil can be removed. All mobile operators now offer WCDMA/3G services. The frequencies for each company/state are available here.3G no Brasil | Mosquito Eletrônico . To make a long story short it can be abbreviated as
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Update for Brazil - Operator : TIM
The page for TIM Brazil can be updated with the following information:
TIM offers prepaid mobile broadband. Price is R$5.00 for 24 hours access , max traffic 250 Mbytes , until 30/04/2009. From 01/05/2009 it is R$10.00. To activate you should send a message to 4141 with "TWDIA" wait for the reply message and then reply with a confirmation message "TWDIA OK" Off-bundle data price is R$1.05 per MByte. International Calls prices: Can be checked here: TIM in the second option "Pré-pago" (prepaid) International roaming for prepaid customers: TIM - Você, sem fronteiras The agreements are detailed here TIM - Você, sem fronteiras The recharge validity has changed, the higher the amount the longer the validity. The call plans are the same for ALL the states, but the value of taxes is different, so the final values are different by a few cents in each state. To receive SMS while in international roaming with a Brazilian prepaid SIM it is free. To send a SMS the price is R$1.99 |
Update for Brazil - Operator : OI
The page for OI can be updated with the following information:
Flat rate plan name: Oi Cartão Qualquer hora All local calls (landline and mobiles) R$1.37 /min Peak/off peak plan name: Oi Cartão Tarifa reduzida Peak: To landlines and other Oi mobiles: R$1.86 /min To other operators' mobiles: R$2.02 / min Off-peak: To landlines and other Oi mobiles: R$0.75 /min To other operators' mobiles: R$0.97 / min Peak/off peak times: Oi Cartão Total Manhã: Off-peak: 08:00 to 12:00 Oi Cartão Total Tarde: Off-peak: 12:00 to 16:00 Oi Cartão Total Noite: Off-peak: 16:00 to 20:00 Oi Cartão Total Supernoite: Off-peak: 20:00 to 24:00 The prices on the website are for calling from public phones using the mobile phone credits (weird but true). The price conversions from BRL to EUR are also incorrect on the same page and section , all convert to EUR 0.052 The national roaming can be clarified that no roaming surcharges applies when in another state that has got Oi or Brasil Telecom coverage. |
Update for Brazil - Operator : Claro
Claro now offers coverage for Minas Gerais.
Claro Toda Hora Call price: R$1.37 /min Roaming: R$2.16 Claro Toda Noite: Peak: 1.65 Off-peak: 0.82 Roaming: 2.16 International roaming is available for prepaid customers traveling to Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay Rates: Local call : R$3.61 /min Call to Brazil: R$9.05 /min Incoming SMS: free Send SMS: R$0.84 Incoming call: R$3.61/min A SIM card is R$15.00 and comes with R$15.00 credit. By the way, all operators have decreased SIM cards to R$15.00 or R$10.00 and with the same value in credit included. |
Update for Brazil - Operator : VIVO
Vivo was not included in Brazil's page. It is the largest (in subscribers number) in Brazil.
Prepaid offers (prices for Rio de Janeiro): Prepaid offer name: Vivo Pré VIVO Toda Hora: Vivo favoritos (a set of 5 vivo same area code numbers that you register with vivo) R$0.63 /min Another vivo mobile: R$1.27 /min Landlines: R$1.37/min Other operators' mobiles: R$1.37/min Roaming: R$1.50 per call plus local operator roaming fee per minute. VIVO Dia: Peak: Vivo favoritos: R$0.77/min Another vivo mobile: R$1.55 /min Landlines: R$1.75 /min Other operators' mobiles: R$1.75/min Off-peak (06:00 to 18:00) Vivo favoritos: R$0.40/min Another vivo mobile: R$0.80/min Landlines: R$1.05 /min Other operators' mobiles: R$1.05 /min Vivo Noite: Same prices, off peak time 18:00 to 06:00 Sundays are always off peak in both plans. Roaming fees: R$1.50 per min plus R$1.50 per call. 3G data for prepaid: R$ 0,0019/KB = R$1.95 /MByte Recharge values and validity: R$12.00 , R$17.00, R$22.00, R$27.00, R$35.00 - 90 days R$50.00 - 120 days R$100.00 - 180 days R$200.00 - 365 days R$300.00 - 730 days Network coverage: All the country, except for Piauí state. SMS: National : R$0.36 Internationa: R$0.80 They also offer SMS packages with the following amounts and values: 15 SMS - R$3.90 50 SMS - R$11.00 100 SMS - R$18.00 All packages must be used within 30 days. Voice mail retrieval: R$0.60 /min MMS: R$0.70 Video message: R$1.00 Long distance calls: Same price as local calls, must use the 15 code for carrier selection code. Dial 0+15+area code + number |
Update for Brazil - General info, operators merges ...
Hi, this is a nice website. I came across looking for 3G prepaid data plans to use on my trip in May/June to Italy/Switzerland/Finland. Found for both Italy and Finland via this site.
As I am from Brazil I checked the info on Brazil and an update is necessary. Lots of things have changed around here. General:
It is very easy now to buy prepaid SIM cards, they are available, mostly from OI, at newsstands and many other places. There is no need to present a CPF , however in the first call the call is intercepted and the user must key in a CPF. That part on how difficult is to buy prepaid SIMs in Brazil can be removed. All mobile operators now offer WCDMA/3G services. The frequencies for each company/state are available here.3G no Brasil | Mosquito Eletrônico . To make a long story short it can be abbreviated as
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Update for Brazil - CTBC
CTBC is a regional operator that works in part of the following states:
Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo. The prepaid plan is : Você Pré-Pago The offers are: Noite - off-peak from 20:00 to 08:00 Comercial - off-peak from 08:00 to 20:00 Fim-de-semana - off peak on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Celular CTBC - reduced rates to call CTBC mobiles Fixo CTBC - reduced rates to call landline CTBC numbers. Website: CTBC - Soluções em Voz, Internet, Comunicação de Dados e Data Center |
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First of all obrigado for all the information you gave us! I updated the pages, please take a look to chek if everything is correct. Concerning CTBC, which are the rates? So that I can put that page online too. |
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peak is 07:00 to 21:59 off-peak 22:00 to 06:59 for the general plan For the specific plans the off peak plans are: Noite (Night): 20h to 08h monday to friday Commercial (Comercial): 08h to 20h monday to friday Weekend (Fim de semana): off peak at saturdays, sundays and holidays Local calls (VC1) to other CTBC mobiles (peak and off peak) R$ 1.16/min Local calls (VC1) to landlines (peak and off peak) R$1.38/min Local calls (VC1) to other operators's mobiles (peak and off peak) R$1.45/min Local calls (VC1) during off-peak plan Night (Noite) R$1.29 Local calls (VC1) during off-peak plan Comercial R$ 1.53 Local calls (VC1) during off-peakFim de Semana R$ 1.29 Long distance call intra-state using the operator selection code 12 (VC2) to landlindes: peak: 1.39 off-peak:R$0.83 to other CTBC mobiles peak: 1.53 off peak: 1.11 to other operators' mobiles: peak: 1.53 off-peak: 1.11 H.R R$ 1,11 Long distance calls to other states (VC3) To landlines peak: 1.39 off-peak: 0.83 to other ctbc mobiles: peak: 1.39 off-peak: 1.11 to other operators' mobiles: peak: 1.53 off peak: 1.11 Short message: To other CTBC mobiles: R$0.24 To other operators' mobiles: R$0.30 MMS: To other CTBC: R$0.75 To other operators: R$0.75 Data transmission per megabyte: R$8.48 The pages with the rates are here: CTBC/Algar Telecom Soluções em Voz, Internet, Comunicação de Dados e Data Center |
Checking the pages to Brazil
Claro covers the Amazon basis states, the page to check if there is coverage available for an specific state / city is:
Site da Claro - Claro. Escolha. TIM offer name is : Sempre (not Siempre) |
Hi, thanks for your information. I just want to confirm that I am reading this right and it actually costs approximately R$2/minute or about US$0.90/min to call another operator's mobile during peak times? Those prices are incredibly high for a local phone call, and are even more than many international roaming prices.
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Yes, it's high, they charge that much in prepaid plans. OI operator price list That's the reason most people in brazil who own a prepaid mobile use to mostly receive calls, with an eventual emergency outbound call and lots of SMS's. Calls to a mobile phone from a landline are charged about R$0.80 peak and R$0.55 off-peak per minute. I think if the operators would decrease their prices they would have much more traffic, but the usual way to go here is "charge high from just a few, not charge low from a lot' Oi Indeed it is expensive. I used to have a prepaid "caps" plan in Australia, $30 AUD would then be charged about 0.25 per minute and 0.20 per megabyte of data, with 30 day validity. Sooo different. 3 Pricing |
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It's more expensive than the international cards offers. I checked United Mobile United Mobile - Rates & Coverage - Low rates for calls and internet worldwide. and also Telestia Passport SIM Card by Telestial, and they are really much lower than the Brazilian prepaid call rates. It would be feasible originate calls from Brazil using an international number (international SIM) and keeping a prepaid mobile just to receive local calls :) Dual-SIM mobiles anyone? |
2011 updates for Brazil - TIM
Well, been here again and checked the updates I posted about Brazil in 2009, now it's 2011 and things are quite different.
Let's go: TIM is offering R$0,50 a day prepaid data, the plan is named Infinity pre, no activation needed, you just buy a pre paid card and use it (you need someone else's CPF for the first call and registration, it's like a taxpayer ID, even the salesman can give you his), the day you use internet is R$0.50 a day. Calls to other TIM mobile within Brazil are R$0.25 each call (not time limited) and SMS is R$0.50 a day (for any operator within Brazil). There are no roaming fees to make calls to other TIM within Brazil (no roaming charges for calling). You must always use TIM CSP 41 (carrier selection code) to make long distance calls, such as 0 41 61 8100-0000 will place a call via TIM (41) to a mobile number in Brasilia (61) mobile number 8100-000. Data allowance is 10 MB a day at 300 kpbs speed and 300 MB a month, then speed is limited to 64 kbps, still enough to email and twitter, but no good for web browsing, but there are no excesses. The pre paid SIM can be bought anywhere (news stands, pharmacies, supermarkets, pretty much anywhere they sell it now), for R$10.00 , included R$10.00 good for calling TIM phones, but no good for local landline calls (R$0.50 each) and data, you need to top up with any value to be able to use the mobile data and calls to other phones not on TIM network. Calls to local mobiles not on TIM network are charged R$1.39 per minute. The validity is described next R$12 - 30 days R$17 - 90 days R$ 26 - 90 days R$ 35 - 90 days R$ 50 - 180 days R$ 100 - 180 days This is by far the best option avaliable in Brazil, if you get 2 TIM SIMs you can call your partner unlimited for R$0.25 a call. Internet usage is fine too, the limit is ok for a day with normal use on an Android phone, no problem so far. The URL for more info (in Portuguese) is Infinity Pre To check your balance you dial *222# (normal credits) and *767# (bonus credits) |
2011 updates for Brazil - Claro
Claro has the following offer on prepaid: it's named Fala Brasil R$0.25 por chamada (R$0.25 per call).
Calls to Claro phones within Brazil are charged at R$0.25 per call (every 30 minutes there is another charge of R$0.25), calls to local landlines (same area code) are R$0.45 a call (10 minutes per call limit, then another charge of R$0.45) and SMS to any operator within Brazil is R$0.45 for a day (you can send as many messages as you wish to any operator). You need to dial *525 to subscribe to the offer and a Brazilian CPF to activate the line on the first call. The offer should be confirmed by SMS. To dial to another area code you must use Claro's CSP (carrier selection code) when dialing, for example 0 21 61 9200-0000 will place a call via Claro (21) to Brasília (61) to the number 9200-0000. Top ups for this offer are: R$ 12 R$ 17 R$ 22 R$ 30 Prepaid internet can be chosen from two options: 15 days - 150 MB cap - R$6.90 30 days - 300 MB cap - R$11.90 To activate you must send an SMS with PACOTE to the number 767 and then confirm the offer. You must wait for the message confirming the activation of the package. The Claro offer does not include roaming, so if you travel to another location, you are charged R$1.76 for both receiving and making phone calls, to or from any number. If you are going to change area codes within your stay, TIM is a better deal. No roaming charges. The Claro offer for internet is described here: Pacotes Claro The pre paid voice and SMS plan is described here: Fala Brasil R$0,25 por chamada To check your balance dial *544# and an SMS with your current balance and expiration date is sent back to you. |
2011 updates for Brazil - OI
OI offers a prepaid offer named OI Cartão.
The top ups are as follow: R$10.00 - it gives you R$20.00 credit a day for use in calls to other Oi mobile, long distance to landlines and Oi mobiles for a month. R$15.00 - it gives you R$25.00 calling credit a day for use in calls to other Oi mobile, long distance to landlines and Oi mobiles, and SMS messaging to any operator within Brazil, also for a month. R$20.00 - it gives you R$30.00 calling credit a day to call Oi mobile, long distance landlines and Oi mobiles and Internet access. The fees are as follows: Internet - R$0.79 per 100 kb block Local Calls - R$1.54 per minute Long distance - available on National Calls You must use the 31 code before a long distance call, such as 0 31 21 8888-8888 will place a call to Rio de Janeiro (area code 21) to the mobile number 8888-8888 You can check the balance dialing *805 |
2011 updates for Brazil - VIVO
Vivo prepaid offer is named Vivo Pré.
The offer is offered by top up value: R$ 12.00 - R$200 calling credit good for 15 days - You can use up to R$180 to make calls to Vivo mobiles and R$20.00 to make calls to long distance to Vivo and landline phones. R$ 18.00 - R$300 calling credit good for 25 days - You can use R$350 to call local Vivo, landline and long distance Vivo. R$ 25.00 - R$ 450 calling credit good for 30 days - You can use R$450 to call local Vivo, landline and long distance Vivo. Calls are R$0.89 a minute to Vivo, and R$1.25 to other local calls. Roaming is not inclued in these offers and it is charged R$1.25 to receive calls or make calls in a different area code from subscription time. They have higher offers, can be checked at Recarregue e Ganhe com Bonus para DDD To subscribe you must call *9003 Internet offer is R$9.90 a month, limited to 20 Mbytes (yes, a month), but there are no excess charges, speed is reduced to 32 kbps after quota, but you can make another top up. To subscribe to Internet you must send a SMS with INTERNET to 1515 and the confirm the reply with SIM message (means YES, not Subscriber Identification Module). The prepaid data offer is described here : Para Voce Internet[] To check balance you dial *8000 and then a SMS is sent with your current balance. |
Thanks for the updates!
I'm going on holidays tomorrow so I have no time to update the pages now, but I'll do as soon as I'm back. |
New vivo prepaid plan
I've noticed the updates have not been posted to the main site yet. So let me add a new plan recently offered by Vivo.
The name is Vivo Sempre, the website is Vivo Sempre The subscription the to promo is as follows:
The dialing rules are the same, you must use Vivo's carrier selection code (CSP) 15 to make the phone calls. Local calls to fixed phones are R$0.25 a minute. To keep the promo active the client must top up at least R$12.00 every 30 days. Roaming rules are:
Usual rules of first call interception to key in a CPF also are valid. I personally prefer this offer to Vivo's other offer, because it does not deal with bonuses and all those stuff, simpler rules. |
TIM Mobile internet options
Hi, I have checked the TIM Brazile website and found for mobile internet in addition to the option of R$0.50 a day for 10MB data, a pre plan named TIM web Pre that offer several option from day to month 1GB of data. Do you knwo if this plan ia activable on a pre paid sim to be used in a Iphone? or ina Ipad for data only?
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The "web pre" refers to data only plans. These plans are available for modems for data access and do not include voice minutes. TIM has not been advertising these plans since they launched the "Liberty Web" plans, which are monthly post paid plans for Tablets, and modems. "Liberty Web" are unlimited in data transfer, however there is a speed cap when you reach the monthly quota. The liberty web plan for smartphone is named "Web Smart" costs $29.90 a month and the quota is 300 Mb and after cap speed is 50 kpbs . Do you need only data in your iphone or voice + data ? Even if you need data only the voice+data prepay is a better deal. On the "tim web pre" offer the daily rate is $5.00 for 250 mb data, on the "infinity pre" the daily package is $0.50 and the cap is 10 mb and it still works after the limit, there is the speed cap only. I don't see as cost wise to use the "tim web pre" packages anymore. But only you, given your usage, can tell which one is worth. The "tim web pre" offer has the following top ups: Day - R$5.00 - 250 mb data Week - R$35.00 - 500 mb data Month - R$100.00 - 1 Gb data They are data only and they have to be subscribed by sending a SMS from the chip to 4141 stating TWDIA, TWSEMANA , or TWMES, after that you will be sent a confirmation message and you need to reply with OK . Then wait for the SMS from the company stating the plan has been activated. The "tim web pre" plans are not capped, they keep working at full speed after the plan has expired, however the rate is $1.05 per Mbyte of data transfer. |
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I need on my iphone voice + data so will go for a pre paid sim with infinity pre for data already active at R$0.50 per day at 10MB a day. On my Ipad i can then go with another data only sim pre paid as well with 1Gb a month web pre plan for R$100 a month.Needs to e activated by sms. Am I correct? is it possible to start thse plan once sims are bought in a Tim shop? I will be in Rio. |
Data Plan
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one more question, what is likely connection speed with TIM in Rio? Is it 7.2Mbps like in Europe or slower? And if slower is there any other company offering pre paid sims with faster connection? Thanks |
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To acquire the voice+data prepaid plan you just buy a prepaid SIM anywhere (newsstands, bakery, bars, wherever you see a blue and yellow TIM chip logo. Don't forget to make a call as soon as you buy and then ask for the seller's CPF, it is required by law, so you can make and receive calls, and use the data plan. Then you top up with some credit (can be bought electronically using VISA, MASTERCARD or in cash at the same store you buy the prepaid SIM). Ok, that was the easy part. To buy the prepaid data only SIM you need to walk into a TIM store, mostly like a store owned by TIM itself, not a third-party, because apparently TIM is phasing out the prepaid data plans since they offered the R$0.50 a day offer with voice. You will need to acquire the prepaid data SIM card at the store and then activate it and top up with credits, you can buy the credits at the same store. You are correct, the plan for 1 month needs to be activated by sending TWMES to the number 4141 and then reply to the confirmation message with TWMES OK I strongly advise you to buy the SIM cards, top up and activate the plans all at once, inside the TIM store, if something gets messy they can help you at the time. Another tip, print the pages at TIM website that describe the WEB PRE offer, so the salesman will know what you talking about. |
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It's hardly 1 Mbps the connection, with any operator. Claro also offer prepaid data only SIMs . The offer is at Claro Data offers The plan is R$34.90 for 7 days, data limit is 700 Mbytes and speed is 500 kbps. They give no information on how to activate the plan on their website, probably it has to be done at the store when you buy the SIM card. Vivo also offers daily, weekly and monthly plans for data. They are described here Vivo prepaid data only offers The price is as follows: 1 day - 150 Mbyte data transfer - R$12.00 7 days - 250 Mbyte data transfer - R$35.00 30 days - 1 Gbyte data transfer - R$130.00 max speed is 1 Mbps As for actual speeds, it is usually said VIVO is speedier, and TIM is slower and Claro is a in-between. My personal experience is
The usual disclaimer applies, your mileage may vary. |
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