Argentina Prepaid On "personal"

GSMnewbie · 07-01-2007, 19:05

All very helpful, thanks. As I said, I'm very new to all of this.

Follow-up questions:

1. from the coverage maps i've found, there's one provider who has far more coverage around Argentina than the others: CTI Compania de Telefonos del Interior S.A. (CTI Movil). In order to get their vastly superior coverage, does it matter whose SIM i buy? or is it all just determined by roaming?

2. If i buy a SIM card for Argentina, how do I get voicemail? is voicemail something that I get as a result of buying a SIM card (with the Argentina number it comes for)?

Thanks again,

GSMN

powerlifter · 07-01-2007, 19:52

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Originally Posted by GSMnewbie

All very helpful, thanks. As I said, I'm very new to all of this.

Follow-up questions:

1. from the coverage maps i've found, there's one provider who has far more coverage around Argentina than the others: CTI Compania de Telefonos del Interior S.A. (CTI Movil). In order to get their vastly superior coverage, does it matter whose SIM i buy? or is it all just determined by roaming?

2. If i buy a SIM card for Argentina, how do I get voicemail? is voicemail something that I get as a result of buying a SIM card (with the Argentina number it comes for)?

Thanks again,

GSMN

1. If you want that coverage that CTI Movil provides you have to buy that sim card.

2. It depends on the carrier. In the UK and most if not all the EU countries have voicemail in some of the Russian Block countries it is a seperate service that you have to pay for. Not sure about South Americia as I do not travel there.

Anton · **Update on Personal Early 2011 -** 17-03-2011, 20:47

Found Personal to be a convenient/fast solution for calls/internet access.

1.- SIM may be purchased w/o hassle at many street press stands. Look for signs reading "venta de chips personal, movistar, claro" Price 12 Pesos (some 2 EUR).

2.- As sold chip holds no credit. Recharge with min 15 Pesos (carga virtual) or min 25 pesos (scratch card).

3.- To activate dial *151

4.- Purchase Pack "Todo incluido" for 15 Pesos to get 25 Mb to use in 7 days. To do so choose "Autogestión/Comprar Pack/Pack todo incluido" in the Personal Sim menu.

5.- Find an international phone card with a local access number / use voipbuster, etc. and choose the access number as a "número amigo". Use *152 to this end. Then buy pack "llamadas número amigo" to get 12 hours of calls to that number to use in 5 days. Price 9 pesos.

6.- All in all everything you need to stay in touch in Argentina for a week for about 7 EUR. On my Blackberry 8520 (no 3g), I got EDGE in BsAs and EDGE or GPRS in Calafate and Iguazú.

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GSMnewbie (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 07 Jan 2007 Country:	07-01-2007, 19:05 All very helpful, thanks. As I said, I'm very new to all of this. Follow-up questions: 1. from the coverage maps i've found, there's one provider who has far more coverage around Argentina than the others: CTI Compania de Telefonos del Interior S.A. (CTI Movil). In order to get their vastly superior coverage, does it matter whose SIM i buy? or is it all just determined by roaming? 2. If i buy a SIM card for Argentina, how do I get voicemail? is voicemail something that I get as a result of buying a SIM card (with the Argentina number it comes for)? Thanks again, GSMN

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Anton (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 17 Mar 2011 Country:	Update on Personal Early 2011 - 17-03-2011, 20:47 Found Personal to be a convenient/fast solution for calls/internet access. 1.- SIM may be purchased w/o hassle at many street press stands. Look for signs reading "venta de chips personal, movistar, claro" Price 12 Pesos (some 2 EUR). 2.- As sold chip holds no credit. Recharge with min 15 Pesos (carga virtual) or min 25 pesos (scratch card). 3.- To activate dial 151 4.- Purchase Pack "Todo incluido" for 15 Pesos to get 25 Mb to use in 7 days. To do so choose "Autogestión/Comprar Pack/Pack todo incluido" in the Personal Sim menu. 5.- Find an international phone card with a local access number / use voipbuster, etc. and choose the access number as a "número amigo". Use 152 to this end. Then buy pack "llamadas número amigo" to get 12 hours of calls to that number to use in 5 days. Price 9 pesos. 6.- All in all everything you need to stay in touch in Argentina for a week for about 7 EUR. On my Blackberry 8520 (no 3g), I got EDGE in BsAs and EDGE or GPRS in Calafate and Iguazú.