Italian Sims Cards

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Originally Posted by Motel75

you should be able to find a kiosk selling SIMs for ?10 or less without any hassle once you are in Italy.

No, that's not true. You can buy TIM (or Vodafone or Wind) prepaid cards only in shops and you need registration, otherwise it doesn't work.

It's much better if you go to an official store ("Il telefonino" for TIM, "Vodafone One" for Voda and "MondoWind" for Wind). They can manage the registration much faster. You need the "codice fiscale", passport and an Italian address.

TIM prepaid card costs 20? including 10? of credit. Sometimes there are promotions and you can get it for ?10 (always including ?10 of credit).

SMS and voice call rates are listed on THIS SITE, in English, and they are correct, unlike some other unofficial sites.

About messages and prompts in English, I think it's possible to have them with Vodafone prepaid cards, surely they work with Wind and I think TIM as well.