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Can you use the same SIM card in Czech Republic and Hungary?

Posted by (Sunnyvale) on

We have an unlocked Blackberry Q10 phone with GSM capability. We were planning to purchase a SIM card for it in Czech Republic at the airport (Vodaphone as recommended by a few other posters.) As I was trying to read the details it is not clear to me that I could use that same card in Hungary without paying expensive roaming charges. To anyone who has used this service before, did I understand that correctly? Does anyone have other suggestions? We primarily need to use the phone to call and confirm our arrival time at bed and breakfast hotels, call a taxi, etc.

Thanks!
Vivian

Posted by
1349 posts

Vodaphone will work but you will hit roaming.
On calls its not a big problem theres a 19p/min cap in place.
Where it can be a problem is calls to US from second country I don't think a cap is in place,so well worth checking as likely to be expensive.

Posted by
20196 posts

Who is you US service provider. AT&T and T-Mobile have such good international deals now that I haven't thought purchasing SIM cards was worth the effort the last couple of years. Getting a pre-paid SIM card in Hungary is sort of a pain. Count on at least an hour of your time devoted to the process.

Posted by
8319 posts

T-Mobile is the carrier for both countries. But SIMS cards would have to be changed. With T-Mobile's $50 per month service, you get unlimited text and $.20 per minute international voice calls. And there's no minimum contract.
I switched over from AT&T, and their GSM phone will work on T-Mobile. Verizon's phones won't work, however.
We'd get phone calls from our 2 1/2 year old granddaughter from home at 3:30 a.m. using her mother's cellphone speed dial, and we didn't worry about going broke.

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