Italy: How to activate a Vodafone pre-paid SIM card?

[shuly]

Hi,

I received a pre-paid Vodafone SIM card when I bought an iPhone in Italy last year. The card is a USIM 128K 15.21; it has a PIN, a PUK and what looks like a serial number, but no phone number. When I plug it into an unlocked phone, the phone says "inactive SIM". I tried the vodafone.it web site, and there is an option of activation (I think; my Italian is very basic) here:

http://www.areaaziende.vodafone.it/1...odafonesim128k

but it requires registration, which in turns requires a phone number.

What am I doing wrong? Is there any way I can activate the SIM before I go to Italy?

Thanks a lot for any help!

[weekilter]

Originally Posted by shuly

Hi,

I received a pre-paid Vodafone SIM card when I bought an iPhone in Italy last year. The card is a USIM 128K 15.21; it has a PIN, a PUK and what looks like a serial number, but no phone number. When I plug it into an unlocked phone, the phone says "inactive SIM". I tried the vodafone.it web site, and there is an option of activation (I think; my Italian is very basic) here:

http://www.areaaziende.vodafone.it/1...odafonesim128k

but it requires registration, which in turns requires a phone number.

What am I doing wrong? Is there any way I can activate the SIM before I go to Italy?

Thanks a lot for any help!

International Cell Phones, World Phones, SIM Cards, Satellite Phones can provide you (at a considerable markup) a card before you arrive in Italy.

[naco]

Originally Posted by shuly

Hi,


http://www.areaaziende.vodafone.it/1...odafonesim128k

but it requires registration, which in turns requires a phone number.

This link is just for business contracts. You can register even winthout a Vodafone number: you need an Italian mobile phone number of any opertator (I suppose for a verification code)

[naco]

To register to Vodafone.it you only need an italian mobile phone number of any operator (for sms verification code).
But the link you posted is only for business contracts.

[Effendi]

Originally Posted by shuly

Hi,

I received a pre-paid Vodafone SIM card when I bought an iPhone in Italy last year. The card is a USIM 128K 15.21; it has a PIN, a PUK and what looks like a serial number, but no phone number. When I plug it into an unlocked phone, the phone says "inactive SIM". I tried the vodafone.it web site, and there is an option of activation (I think; my Italian is very basic) here:

http://www.areaaziende.vodafone.it/1...odafonesim128k

but it requires registration, which in turns requires a phone number.

What am I doing wrong? Is there any way I can activate the SIM before I go to Italy?

Thanks a lot for any help!

I suppose you're not in Italy... Vodafone sim-cards are pre-activated, but I think you have to first use them in Italy in order for them to work.