Recharging Italian sim cards from abroad... TIM and Wind

lothian110 · 07-07-2009, 19:03

so let me get this straight.
even if i send an a regular sms from the phone to another cell, that itself won't keep the sim card active? so even using the phone won't keep a sim with credit active? the only way to keep it active is to recharge within the 12months?!

if so, that is ridiculous...

beppe_bl · 07-07-2009, 19:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by lothian110

so let me get this straight.
even if i send an a regular sms from the phone to another cell, that itself won't keep the sim card active? so even using the phone won't keep a sim with credit active? the only way to keep it active is to recharge within the 12months?!

if so, that is ridiculous...

yes, excluding 3it (

), to keep alive a sim you have to recharge it (like the majority of european operators do)

fedeprovenza · 07-07-2009, 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by lothian110

so let me get this straight.
even if i send an a regular sms from the phone to another cell, that itself won't keep the sim card active? so even using the phone won't keep a sim with credit active? the only way to keep it active is to recharge within the 12months?!

if so, that is ridiculous...

I know, but in Italy there are a lot of things ridiculous

	(#1)
lothian110 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 5 Join Date: 01 Jul 2009 Country:	07-07-2009, 19:03 so let me get this straight. even if i send an a regular sms from the phone to another cell, that itself won't keep the sim card active? so even using the phone won't keep a sim with credit active? the only way to keep it active is to recharge within the 12months?! if so, that is ridiculous...