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JB22	Sep 28th 2010 12:32 pm

Mobile phones in AD

Can anyone tell me if you can just turn up at Carrefours, Jumbo Electronics etc etc and purchase a pay as go mobile with no ID or do you require a residency visa?

csdf	Sep 28th 2010 12:37 pm

Re: Mobile phones in AD

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Originally Posted by JB22 (Post 8881507)

Can anyone tell me if you can just turn up at Carrefours, Jumbo Electronics etc etc and purchase a pay as go mobile with no ID or do you require a residency visa?

The mobile you can buy without ID. The SIM card (which you buy from Etisalat) you need ID for.

Spikus

Sep 29th 2010 9:37 am

Re: Mobile phones in AD

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Originally Posted by JB22 (Post 8881507)

Can anyone tell me if you can just turn up at Carrefours, Jumbo Electronics etc etc and purchase a pay as go mobile with no ID or do you require a residency visa?

You need some form of ID to purchase the SIM card but a passport will do if you want 'pay as you go'. If you want a contract then you need UAE ID Card.

JB22	Sep 29th 2010 11:01 am

Re: Mobile phones in AD

And can all this be done in the suppermarket or for the sim do you have to go to the Etisalat building??

Spikus

Sep 29th 2010 11:10 am

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Originally Posted by JB22 (Post 8884014)

And can all this be done in the suppermarket or for the sim do you have to go to the Etisalat building??

Supermarket for pay as you go...... Etisalat 'golf ball' if you want a contract

csdf	Sep 29th 2010 11:13 am

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Originally Posted by Spikus (Post 8884032)

Supermarket for pay as you go...... Etisalat 'golf ball' if you want a contract

You can get pre-pay SIMs in supermarkets? I didn't realise this. Would have saved a painful queue in Etisalat Spinneys.

Oyibopeppeh

Sep 29th 2010 1:35 pm

Re: Mobile phones in AD

When we arrived here 6 weeks ago I got a couple of SIM's from the phone shack by the side of the hotel. Wasn't asked for any ID at all...

JB22	Sep 29th 2010 1:45 pm

Re: Mobile phones in AD

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Originally Posted by Oyibopeppeh (Post 8884332)

When we arrived here 6 weeks ago I got a couple of SIM's from the phone shack by the side of the hotel. Wasn't asked for any ID at all...

sounds like a plan. what hotel was that?

Oyibopeppeh

Sep 29th 2010 3:30 pm

Re: Mobile phones in AD

Cassels on Electra - there's a stack of phone shacks on the street round the back of the place.

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