Return Visit To Italy After 2 Year Absence

geoff · 10-04-2006, 21:11

I will be visiting Italy next month for a few weeks, both for business and pleasure - Venice and Florence. When I visited Spring, 2004, I bought a TIM SIM for my phone. Since 2 years has passed, I'm assuming the SIM is no longer valid and I will need to buy another one, and get a new phone number in the process. Is there anything I can do with the old SIM? Is there any way at all to re-use the SIM or keep the old number?

I will probably be landing in Venice. Any recommendations on where to easily buy a SIM for my phone?

Is TIM still as good as any other carrier in Italy? Or should I go with some other carrier? When I was there in 2004, TIM seemed to have the best service / coverage.

Effendi · 10-04-2006, 21:43

Your simcard surely has expired since the validity is 12+1 months.
I don't know if you can find a shop at Venice Airport, probably Vodafone, hardly Wind, maybe TIM... Anyway you can buy a new one with no problems. Wind and Vodafone should cost a little less for the activation.

If you want a Wind card in advance take a look at the "Buy&Sell" section of this forum.

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geoff (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 22 Join Date: 25 May 2004 Location: Malibu Country:	10-04-2006, 21:11 I will be visiting Italy next month for a few weeks, both for business and pleasure - Venice and Florence. When I visited Spring, 2004, I bought a TIM SIM for my phone. Since 2 years has passed, I'm assuming the SIM is no longer valid and I will need to buy another one, and get a new phone number in the process. Is there anything I can do with the old SIM? Is there any way at all to re-use the SIM or keep the old number? I will probably be landing in Venice. Any recommendations on where to easily buy a SIM for my phone? Is TIM still as good as any other carrier in Italy? Or should I go with some other carrier? When I was there in 2004, TIM seemed to have the best service / coverage.

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	10-04-2006, 21:43 Your simcard surely has expired since the validity is 12+1 months. I don't know if you can find a shop at Venice Airport, probably Vodafone, hardly Wind, maybe TIM... Anyway you can buy a new one with no problems. Wind and Vodafone should cost a little less for the activation. If you want a Wind card in advance take a look at the "Buy&Sell" section of this forum. Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim