PLAN ONLY. DOES NOT INCLUDE SIM CARD. To order with SIM Card, please see Iridium Pre-Paid SIM Card with Airtime for Satellite Phones
Can be used anywhere in the world. No activation fee, and if you have valuable unused airtime remaining, you can extend the expiry date for 30 or 90 days, without having to recharge the card with more airtime.
Iridium Global Prepaid Terms & Conditions
Hidden costs aren’t fun. Here are all the details:
- SIM cards can be activated online within 1 year of purchase
- The expiry date of your SIM card begins when the card is activated or refilled
- Maximum expiry period per account is 2 years
- Airtime included is estimated based on burn rates*. Usage types can be combined and will be deducted accordingly
- Calls are decremented in 20 second increments, texts are decremented per message
- Calls to check voicemail are considered outgoing calls
- Airtime can be refilled at the then current retail rate of the card you choose, prior to expiry. When you refill a card, your expiry date is automatically extended and you retain your original Iridium phone number
- Airtime balance can be carried forward for a maximum of 3 years (excludes the Global 300 card)
- Expiry dates are calculated by combining the expiry periods. Expiry periods are cumulative for a maximum of 3 years*
*Please refer to the Burn Rate Table below
Iridium Global Prepaid Airtime Burn Rates
BURN RATES – Number of units burned for each type of call or usage. Burn rates are per minute unless otherwise specified.
Standard Global Prepaid Cards | 100 Min | 200 Min | 300 Min | 600 Min |
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Total Units Included | 6,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 36,000 |
INCOMING* | ||||
Landline/cellular | FREE | FREE | FREE | FREE |
SMS/Text messages | FREE | FREE | FREE | FREE |
Two-stage dialing | 60 units | 60 units | 60 units | 60 units |
OUTGOING* | ||||
Landline or cellular | 60 units | 60 units | 60 units | 60 units |
Voicemail retrieval | 30 units | 30 units | 30 units | 30 units |
Other Iridium | 30 units | 30 units | 30 units | 30 units |
Other satellite network | 540 units | 540 units | 540 units | 540 units |
SMS/Text messages | 6 units | 6 units | 6 units | 6 units |
Data | 60 units | 60 units | 60 units | 60 units |
*Note: Number of units burned for each type of call or usage. Burn rates are per minute unless otherwise specified.