Description
- Simple package for either calls, SMS or data or a combination of each.
- Prepaid: No billing shocks!
- There is no rent or monthly minimum usage.
- Lifetime validity on talk time, however phone number might change if it is not used.
- Call forwarding to India mobile or landline when not in use.
- Unused talk time/credit balance refundable for a year.
- We require a copy of your passport.
Voice / SMS Slabs
Countries are divided into slabs as below, giving you fixed number of minutes for each slab. Local calls are those within the same slab.
200 minutes/200 SMS when you are in one of:
United States of America,
100 minutes/100 SMS when you are in one of:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Exceptions: In Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey & Ukraine you get 50mins of incoming / local calls.
Data Slabs
2GB when you are in one of:
Austria, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
1GB when you are in one of:
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United States of America
Using the SIM Card
Using the SIM Card for the first time
- Power off your phone
- Insert your new SIM card
- Power on your phone
- Your phone should connect on a GSM/WCDMA/LTE network.
Please also note, using this SIM card to surf Internet or make calls outside coverage will significantly reduce the data and voice usage capacity, or even cause the SIM card to stop functioning.
Receiving calls
People anywhere in the world can dial your UK number directly to reach you, for example, +44774132 12345.
Emergency Call Number.
Please note Europe emergency call number “112” will NOT work in this card.
Making local calls
For the purposes of this card, local calls include calls to any country mentioned under “Coverage”, from any country mentioned under “Coverage”. To make such calls use the full international format. E.g. to call a UK landline number from any country use (for example) +44 207 222 1234.
Making calls to India
Remember to add the country code when making calls to India. Check that the number begins with +91 before dialing. E.g. to call India number 022 24216344, dial +91 22 24216344
Helpdesk
TSIM’s customer service agents can be reached via email at services@tsim.in or phone +91 22 24216344.
Should you use automatic or manual network selection?
There are two ways of selecting a network. You can either set your handset to use AUTOMATIC Network selection or MANUAL selection. When using automatic selection the handset will look for all networks that it is able to attach to and logs onto the first network it finds. When using manual selection you must manually search through the networks and select a network to attach to. We recommend using automatic network selection. Please refer to your handset manual to check the default settings for your phone.
Setting up call forwarding/divert
To activate call forwarding/call divert, dial *102(phone number in international format)#. You will get a confirmation message on the screen. For eg. *102912224216344#. To deactivate dial *103#
Setting data on your phone
Please ensure Mobile Data & Data Roaming is enabled on your phone. Setup APN (Access Point Name) manually as follows:
Set Access Point Name (APN) in your smartphone to “globaldata” without any username or password
On Android Phones, tap the Menu button / Settings / Mobile networks / Access Point Names / New APN / Set Name & APN as “globaldata” / OK / Save
On iPhone: Tap Settings / General / Network / Cellular Data Network / APN and enter “globaldata”. Leave username & password blank. Tap Network
On iPhone6 & above:
a. While connected to WiFi, open Safari and goto: m.apnchanger.org
b. Select Manual
c. Enter “globaldata” in APN Name (small letters & no spaces) and click install.
d. If asked for a PIN enter your iPhone 4 digit unlocking PIN
e. Approve the installation of the unsigned profile.
On some iPhone devices you will need to remove the existing current Profile (found in Settings-> General -> Profile -> Existing Profile -> Remove) before installing the Globaldata APN.
On Windows Phone: Go to Apps list / Settings / Mobile Network / Add Internet APN / Set APN as “globaldata” / Save
Checking your Balance
You will periodically get automatic balance messages on your phone. Another way to get balance information is to dial +163 162 10 001 from your phone and disconnect after a few rings. The call will not be answered and you will not be charged for that call. You will later receive an SMS with balance information.
Online Refill
Use this link to instantly add credit to this card.
Refund Policy
You are eligible for a refund on unused talktime/data with usage rounded to the next slab. I.e. If you use 2.8GB after subscribing to a 6GB SIM card, your usage will be taken to be 4GB, and you will get refund on the difference between the price of a 4GB and 6GB card. This refund is available for 12 months after payment.
Sarang Joshi (verified owner) –
It worked fantastically in France, Italy and Switzerland.. Calling and internet data as well.. their support staff is very cooperative.. strongly recommended..
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words for our staff and your recommendation.
Arun Sampath (verified owner) –
Traveled through Germany with this SIM in my phone. In many places, there was no signal availability. Signal is available only in large cities like Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart. Unable to participate in tele con meetings while traveling due to lack of signal.
Services Tsim –
We are sorry signal was not available in the areas you traveled. We are investigating the specifics of your case to see why this was so. Thank you for taking the time to bring this to our notice.
Jagannathan (verified owner) –
Very good service. Worked very well in Spain, Germany, Italy and Poland.
Data was high speed in all countries and works fine. Value for money and I strongly recommand
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and for confirming the countries in which it worked.
Rajarshi Banerjee (verified owner) –
Worked fine in Iceland. But an hour after I landed in Czech, the SIM stopped working.
I contacted customer care but unfortunately they could not solve the issue. I had to take a local SIM card which was MUCH cheaper than TSIM’s offers and was very easily available.
Based on my experience, I would not recommend anyone to buy TSIM as not only it is much more costly, but very unreliable also.
Services Tsim –
We are sorry the SIM card did not work for you in Czech, and that our helpdesk was unable to resolve your issue in time. In rare cases, our network partners use frequencies that do not provide coverage to some mobile phones in some areas.
Our Europe SIM card is designed to be of use in a trip to multiple countries. It is possible you find local SIM cards in each country that may have data or calling, or both, cheaper than TSIM’s Europe SIM card. However, in most cases, you may find that identifying and purchasing SIM cards in each country is not a worthwhile use of your time.
Thank you for taking the time to write about your experience with our product.
Sagar Jadhav (verified owner) –
I used it during my 17 days trip of 4 countries across Europe – France, Switzerland, Italy and Greece. It worked very well in all the countries. Just that in switzerland there were some issues with mobile data connectivity i.e. I had to turn on the flight mode and then turn it off, for getting the data connection through. But this seemed to be the issue of local service provider Salt. Didn’t face it anywhere else. Voice call quality was also good. All in all a very good service in Europe.
Since this is a lifetime card, if there is any balance left, it can be used for any later trips. (This is what I got to know from the customer care representative.) That makes it a good deal. Only shortfall with this card is that balance cannot be checked on the go.
I’ll definitely recommend it.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your detailed review and for specifying countries in which it worked. We have recently started a system for checking balance.
Payal Shah (verified owner) –
Great data coverage across Italy, Prague and Munich. Switching over networks was effortless.
However checking balance is a bit tedious, as the plans have been designed to be dynamic. Dynamic plans are great, but you guys could maybe have a simple one pager app for this tracking.
Also, those trying to contact me from India weren’t able to connect so had to use WhatsApp calling for them.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words. We are forwarding your suggestions to our team for action. We have recently launched balance notifications by SMS, which may have commenced after your trip. We are sorry that your family was not able to connect to you. We will investigate the cause of this.
Arun (verified owner) –
There is no way to find out how much balance is left…. Suddenly the SIM card stopped working without any notice or warning on the amount of usage and there is no way to find out online either. I had to recharge the SIM card sitting in a foreign country and that too taking the help of someone from India….. Rest is ok.
Services Tsim –
We apologise for the inconvenience you had in finding balance left. We are rolling new notifications that will periodically inform of balance, as well as coming up with a new manner of finding balance.
grace6348 (verified owner) –
The TSIM card can work in Germany, Austria, but can’t connect the internet in Switzerland.
Services Tsim –
We apologise for the inconvenience caused to you. Your phone did use some Data while in Switzerland, but may have had some other issue stopping you from fully utilising your connection. Please ask for support from our helpdesk when you are in such a situation, since sometimes a simple configuration change can solve the issue. Thank you for your review.
shivrajparshad (verified owner) –
The TSIM card worked like a charm. I have just returned from Europe and now need to check balance as I know I a going again in summer. Great product guys.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and continued support. We will send you the balance by email.
maria gupta (verified owner) –
I used the SIM card in the Czech republic, Hungary and Croatia. It worked fine.
Topping up (while abroad) was a bit of a problem and I finally had to do a NEFT payment to the TSIM HDFC account.
Also it would be good if there was an bigger incentive for additional usage. The additional minutes are virtually multiples of the first 100 minutes.
However, the SIM card worked fine and was very useful so, I would definitely use it again.
Services Tsim –
We are sorry you found the top up process problematic. For the refundable SIM Card we recommend customers to take a higher slab, since if the slab is not used, it is refunded. E.g., if you take a 4GB card, and use only upto 2GB, the difference in price between a 4GB and 2GB card is refunded.
Also, the per minute rates are lower for the higher slabs. Thank you for your review and continued support.
S B Umarji (verified owner) –
I used the sim card in Russia. It worked well for calls in most big cities.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your review
JEETENDRA KUMAR (verified owner) –
Just perfect. Worked as soon as I landed. Used in Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
In fact it was very useful in Bratislava, Slovakia as I was there only for one day.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and for confirming the countries in which it worked.
Pinkesh Jain (verified owner) –
Worked seamlessly, without any effort in UK, Netherland and Sweden. A very good choice if you are traveling across UK and Europe.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and for confirming the countries in which it worked.
Sudhanshu Krishna (verified owner) –
Good service across countries and easy to use.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words.
SUDHIR SHARAN (verified owner) –
It is the best and cheapest card for europe.It started working when we landed at CDG Paris and was throughout active till we left europe from Zurich.The feature of data and call combo is superb. No connectivity problem even in remote areas and data speed was terrific .Further we have call diverted to our indian number and the card is active even for our next trip.Nothing better is possible than TSIM
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and for confirming the countries in which it worked.
Mohit –
Used this sim for travel across France, Belgium, Switzerland and Netherlands for 10 days. It worked great mostly for both data and calls. I had an issue with calls not working in Belgium but that was resolved by service team immediately.
Will definitely use this again.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and continued support.
Shruti Jain (verified owner) –
I had taken this sim for trip to Sweden. It worked really well and I had a very good experience with data and connectivity. Its a good service and cheaper than matrix cards.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and review.
Maj (verified owner) –
I had taken this sim for my east europre trip and was very happy with the data and connectivity , better than matrix i would say
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and review.
Puneet Srivastava (verified owner) –
Internet didnt work in switzerland. It kept on disconnecting after 1 or 2 mins and later it didnt connect at all. I took 100 mins/1gb plan and spend 90mins in talking to customer care for getting the internet issue fixed but no luck. Even the customer care didnt provide a solution for internet issue.
Services Tsim –
We apologise that we could not solve your problems in time. Thank you for taking the time to write a review.
Shyamala Sivakumar (verified owner) –
Best decision i made to buy this sim. It worked completely fine in all the countries i travelled like Czech Republic, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy and Vatican. Didn’t find even a single issue with this. The calls and its cost is also super cheap. Even though i didn’t receive the apn setting by USSD code, there was clear instruction on how to set manually and the data worked completely fine. Highly recommend this. The Compliment travel adapter also worked fine.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and for confirming the countries in which it worked.
Chetan shah –
1 EASY ACTIVATION
2 NETWORK FOLLOWS U WELHEREVER U
GO ….
3 CHEAP AND AFFORDABLE
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words.
Pankaj (verified owner) –
Used T sim for my Europe tour of 11 days. It worked well in all the countries we visited, they are Belgium, France , Germany, Switzerland and italy. I mostly used Data and some time used for call to local and to India. It is cheaper than other sims available sims and incoming calls were received even the balance was exhausted, it was delivered at Mumbai at my address in time as we proceed on our tour stopped at Mumbai for few hours. Only thing I am not able to get the balance refund as don’t know the process. T sim team may help.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your detailed review and for confirming the countries in which it worked. As for refund, a simple email to services at tsim.in will suffice. We have forwarded your refund request to the team.
Dr N K Singh (verified owner) –
Used the lifetime Europe sim in Spain and Portugal. It went like a breeze. No issues at all. Just start calling without any hassles.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your kind words and for confirming countries in which it worked.
varun singh (verified owner) –
Used the T-sim lifetime Europe sim for our recent trip, the sim worked fine at all the places. we were in stockholm for 7days and required a local number which was provided by the Tsim, it was too helpful as our local guys could contact us.
we went to stockholm, copenhagen, hamburg, berlin, prague and vienna, the network was fine and the speed of the internet was amazing, mostly 4G at all places.
I would recommend this Sim for Europe travel over other options available.
Services Tsim –
Thank you for your recommendation and for confirming the countries wherein it worked.