New Offer From Orange Uk

Malkav · 09-10-2006, 21:27

Orange have released a new pay as you go sim with an emphasis on calling and texting abroad (similar to the carphone warehouse 'mobile world' sim card) here is the link, hope its of help to anyone who comes to the uk or texts/ calls abroad

http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/sim/callabro...=oct06114_ph_05

MATHA531 · 09-10-2006, 22:11

Shelf Life?

Roaming?

Problem with Mobile World is very limited shelf life (120 days) and since it doesn't allow roaming no way to keep it active from abroad..although when I got mine the sim was free and all I had to do was pay for air time with 10 quid minimum which I have just about used up so it won't be a big deal if they de-activate the card but I do like some certainty on numbers.

Also, what about calls within the UK?

Also very interesting there are no eu countries on the list...

Przemolog · 09-10-2006, 22:35

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Originally Posted by MATHA531

Also very interesting there are no eu countries on the list...

Not quite.

"New" EU:
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Lithuania
Poland
Slovenia

In EU from 2007:
Romania

MATHA531 · 09-10-2006, 22:45

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Originally Posted by Przemolog

Not quite.

"New" EU:
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Lithuania
Poland
Slovenia

In EU from 2007:
Romania

Yeah..I noticed that after I posted but I suppose one could say none of the eu countries using the euro...can it have anything to do with the eu roaming restrictions?

Przemolog · 09-10-2006, 22:59

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Originally Posted by MATHA531

Yeah..I noticed that after I posted but I suppose one could say none of the eu countries using the euro...can it have anything to do with the eu roaming restrictions?

No idea. The list countries make me think it may be an offer for tourists and immigrants. However, at least Polish immigrants in UK are already "fans" of O2 with some dialthru numbers or International Bolt-on

Malkav · 10-10-2006, 01:46

ok uk numbers uou pay normal orange payg rates plus you get the whole magic numbers and life span again a normal orange payg life span between top up's. i find it odd that even though they have america they miss out on canadaland? thats what i understood from the terms and conditions page! again think roaming is the same as the other orange payg, wonder if other orange networks around the world are going to start up there own 'calling abroad' pre paid sim.

Przemolog · 10-10-2006, 08:07

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Originally Posted by Malkav

wonder if other orange networks around the world are going to start up there own 'calling abroad' pre paid sim.

I really doubt about Orange Poland. At the moment their prepaid SIMs are the most expensive ones for both national off-net calls as well as most of international calls. Despite this (and other disadvantages), Orange became #1 operator in June'06 (over 11 milion active SIMs) :whistle:

Motel75 · 10-10-2006, 15:26

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Orange became #1 operator in June'06 (over 11 milion active SIMs)

Which I still don't understand. Uncompetitive prices, poor coverage, and lots of stupid rules (lose all your credit after 90 days, etc.). I don't know anyone in Poland who uses Orange, perhaps they're all hiding in Jelenia G?ra or Białystok or somewhere...

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Przemolog · 10-10-2006, 18:37

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Originally Posted by Motel75

Which I still don't understand. Uncompetitive prices, poor coverage, and lots of stupid rules (lose all your credit after 90 days, etc.). I don't know anyone in Poland who uses Orange, perhaps they're all hiding in Jelenia G?ra or Białystok or somewhere...

Uncompetitive prices - not quite.
There are many options (packets, selected cheaper numbers, extra top-ups, Profit loyalty program) that make using Orange much cheaper.
And don't look at prepaid market only. E.g. postpaid tariffs start from 10 PLN/month only and they are all not just "free minutes/SMS packets" but "minimum monthly fee" plans. More precisely, you pay 10, 25, or more monthly fee and this fee it contains all the services that you used (including data transmission, roaming or premium rate SMS). This is the only offer of that kind for non-business users in Poland.

Poor coverage - not true now. Of course, it used to bad because of their delayed start (to compare with Plus and Era) and even more delayed 900 coverage.

Lots of stupid rules (lose all your credit after 90 days, etc.) - yes, losing money is why they are sometimes called "thieves"

. But, believe me - rules of buying packets of minutes/SMS in Simplus Easy are even more stupid

I don't know anyone in Poland who uses Orange - I do

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But I must say that the number of active Orange SIMs may be "improved" by the rule that each prepaid SIM is valid one year after activation for incoming calls. Thousands of such formally active SIMs lay in drawers countrywide - two in mine

Motel75 · 10-10-2006, 19:34

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But I must say that the number of active Orange SIMs may be "improved" by the rule that each prepaid SIM is valid one year after activation for incoming calls. Thousands of such formally active SIMs lay in drawers countrywide - two in mine

And two in mine!

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Malkav (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 267 Join Date: 09 Jun 2006 Location: Malkavian University Country:	09-10-2006, 21:27 Orange have released a new pay as you go sim with an emphasis on calling and texting abroad (similar to the carphone warehouse 'mobile world' sim card) here is the link, hope its of help to anyone who comes to the uk or texts/ calls abroad http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/sim/callabro...=oct06114_ph_05 Current networks: Orange 3g UK, 3 pay monthly, Virgin pay as you go UK, 3UK payg, Tesco payg, Asda mobile Active phones: Blackberry Torch (02), Google Nexus one (Vodafone) Inactive Sims: Oskar Czech R, BT Genie Pay as you go UK. Spare (unused phones) NEC 616, Ericsson t68/i, Nokia 3310, Sendo m550, Mototorola v66i, Motorola a1000.lg u880, Sony Ericsson t230. Orange spv m5000, Samsung z400, Motorola SLVR (Red)!, lobster tv700, spv m700, prada phone, motorola l7e, Skype phone, siemens sl65, blackberry 8810, Nokia 6500 slide X2.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	09-10-2006, 22:11 Shelf Life? Roaming? Problem with Mobile World is very limited shelf life (120 days) and since it doesn't allow roaming no way to keep it active from abroad..although when I got mine the sim was free and all I had to do was pay for air time with 10 quid minimum which I have just about used up so it won't be a big deal if they de-activate the card but I do like some certainty on numbers. Also, what about calls within the UK? Also very interesting there are no eu countries on the list...

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Malkav (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 267 Join Date: 09 Jun 2006 Location: Malkavian University Country:	10-10-2006, 01:46 ok uk numbers uou pay normal orange payg rates plus you get the whole magic numbers and life span again a normal orange payg life span between top up's. i find it odd that even though they have america they miss out on canadaland? thats what i understood from the terms and conditions page! again think roaming is the same as the other orange payg, wonder if other orange networks around the world are going to start up there own 'calling abroad' pre paid sim. Current networks: Orange 3g UK, 3 pay monthly, Virgin pay as you go UK, 3UK payg, Tesco payg, Asda mobile Active phones: Blackberry Torch (02), Google Nexus one (Vodafone) Inactive Sims: Oskar Czech R, BT Genie Pay as you go UK. Spare (unused phones) NEC 616, Ericsson t68/i, Nokia 3310, Sendo m550, Mototorola v66i, Motorola a1000.lg u880, Sony Ericsson t230. Orange spv m5000, Samsung z400, Motorola SLVR (Red)!, lobster tv700, spv m700, prada phone, motorola l7e, Skype phone, siemens sl65, blackberry 8810, Nokia 6500 slide X2.