Gambia

Hi I already checked my phone will work in Gambia, is there any sim card i
could buy which will be cheaper to use when i get there, I am trying to get
set up before i go,
Any help is great
Tracym

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On 2008-11-28, Tracym <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi I already checked my phone will work in Gambia, is there any sim card i
> could buy which will be cheaper to use when i get there, I am trying to get
> set up before i go,
> Any help is great
> Tracym

Do you want a local phone number in the Gambia, or do you expect
most of your inbound calls to be from the UK?

If you want a local phone number in the Gambia you probably will
need to wait until you get there and buy service locally. I
think the two local operators are these:

http://www.africell.gm
http://www.gamcel.gm

If you'd like a UK inbound number, however, you might look at
buying service from one of these companies:

http://www.maxroam.com
http://www.celtrek.com

Either company will provide a SIM with a UK landline number for
incoming calls, and their call charges are relatively cheap compared
to roaming with a regular UK SIM.

Dennis Ferguson

"Dennis Ferguson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2008-11-28, Tracym <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi I already checked my phone will work in Gambia, is there any sim card
>> i
>> could buy which will be cheaper to use when i get there, I am trying to
>> get
>> set up before i go,
>> Any help is great
>> Tracym
>
> Do you want a local phone number in the Gambia, or do you expect
> most of your inbound calls to be from the UK?
>
> If you want a local phone number in the Gambia you probably will
> need to wait until you get there and buy service locally. I
> think the two local operators are these:
>
> http://www.africell.gm
> http://www.gamcel.gm
>
> If you'd like a UK inbound number, however, you might look at
> buying service from one of these companies:
>
> http://www.maxroam.com
> http://www.celtrek.com
>
> Either company will provide a SIM with a UK landline number for
> incoming calls, and their call charges are relatively cheap compared
> to roaming with a regular UK SIM.
>
> Dennis Ferguson

Probably for me to make outgoing calls to uk landlines, and texts to Uk
Mobiles,.
Cheers
Tracy

On 2008-11-29, Tracym <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Dennis Ferguson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> If you'd like a UK inbound number, however, you might look at
>> buying service from one of these companies:
>>
>> http://www.maxroam.com
>> http://www.celtrek.com
>>
>> Either company will provide a SIM with a UK landline number for
>> incoming calls, and their call charges are relatively cheap compared
>> to roaming with a regular UK SIM.
>>
>
> Probably for me to make outgoing calls to uk landlines, and texts to Uk
> Mobiles,.

Then try the Maxroam SIM, maybe. SMS to the UK is a bit more expensive
than the local services but the outgoing International voice calls are half
the price of the local phones (or even less if some of your contacts
will call you instead).

I've not used Maxroam, by the way (I have Celtrek SIM), but people I
know who have think well of them. It is a dial-back service, though,
so make sure you understand how to dial a call before you leave.

Dennis Ferguson

Of all the International sims I have usesd (Maxroam, yackieMobile,
United Mobile+) Maxroam has the best call quality. And the cost is not
bad at all. I have used in in several countries in the Caribbean and
Europe. And In Nigeria too without any problems at all.

Dennis Ferguson;776693 Wrote:
> On 2008-11-29, Tracym [email protected] wrote:-
> "Dennis Ferguson" [email protected] wrote:-
> If you'd like a UK inbound number, however, you might look at
> buying service from one of these companies:
>
> http://www.maxroam.com
> http://www.celtrek.com
>
> Either company will provide a SIM with a UK landline number for
> incoming calls, and their call charges are relatively cheap compared
> to roaming with a regular UK SIM.
> -
>
> Probably for me to make outgoing calls to uk landlines, and texts to
> Uk
> Mobiles,.-
>
> Then try the Maxroam SIM, maybe. SMS to the UK is a bit more
> expensive
> than the local services but the outgoing International voice calls are
> half
> the price of the local phones (or even less if some of your contacts
> will call you instead).
>
> I've not used Maxroam, by the way (I have Celtrek SIM), but people I
> know who have think well of them. It is a dial-back service, though,
> so make sure you understand how to dial a call before you leave.
>
> Dennis Ferguson




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"Tracym" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi I already checked my phone will work in Gambia, is there any sim card i
> could buy which will be cheaper to use when i get there, I am trying to
> get set up before i go,
> Any help is great
> Tracym
>
Buy a local sim while you are there, also you would find that Blacklisted
dualband phones that you might come across here, will still work there

As they don't use the Dublin blacklist database.

So don't buy used phones there and expect them to work back here,
as the used phone market in Africa is flooded with stolen European phones

Steve Terry