Note: A passport and a Spanish address (your hotel is fine) is required to buy a SIM card in Spain.

Contents 1 Yoigo 1.1 Startup cost 1.2 Data feature packs 1.3 Fair use policy 1.4 Availability 1.5 Other information 2 Vodafone 2.1 Startup cost 2.1.1 Data feature packs - pre-paid (prepago) - for USB modem - not for iPhone** 2.2 Availability 2.3 Fair use policy 2.4 SIM sizes 2.5 Technical information 3 MÁSmovil 3.1 Startup costs 3.1.1 Default data rate 3.1.2 Data feature packs 3.1.3 Availability 3.1.4 Technical Information 3.1.5 SIM sizes 4 MoviData 4.1 Startup cost 4.2 Data feature packs 4.3 Availability 4.4 SIM sizes 4.5 Technical information 5 Movistar (telefonica) 5.1 Startup cost 5.2 Data feature packs 5.2.1 (Bono Internet) 5.3 Availability 5.4 SIM sizes 5.5 Technical information 6 ORANGE 6.1 Availability 7 Comments

YoigoEdit

Startup costEdit

• You can buy a for 20€, which comes with 20€ balance and 20 free messages.
• Some shops offer the Yoigo SIM and will force a USB network-locked thob for 35€

Data feature packsEdit

• 'Internet Para Llevar de Tarjeta' - Pay-as-you go data costs 3€ per day
• 'Internet Para Llevar 8' - mainly offered at PhoneHouse stores for smarphones(e.g. Iphone) - Pay-as-you go data costs 8€ per month
• 'Internet Para Llevar 25' - Pay-as-you go data costs 25€ per month
• 'Internet Para Llevar 35' - Pay-as-you go data costs 35€ per months

Fair use policyEdit

• 100 MB/day at 3.2Mbps HSPA+ at 'Internet Para Llevar de Tarjeta', and then the speed drops to 64Kbps for the remainder of the day
• 500 MB/month HSPA+ at 'Internet Para Llevar 8' and then the speed drops to 64Kbps for the remainder of the month. You can buy a 300MB/month extra traffic for 5€.
• 3GB/month HSPA+ at 'Internet Para Llevar 25' and then the speed drops to 128Kbps for the remainder of the month. You can buy a 1GB/month extra traffic for 10€.
• 5GB/month HSPA+ at 'Internet Para Llevar 35' and then the speed drops to 128Kbps for the remainder of the month. You can buy a 1GB/month extra traffic for 10€.

AvailabilityEdit

• Yoigo stores
• The PhoneHouse stores

Other informationEdit

• Official Yoigo Page
• APN = internet
• VOIP and P2P are not permitted with this plan (you will be able to use Skype for chat, but not for calls)
• Sim Size = Standard (representative can cut it to the size of microsim later if you would like)
• 6€/month minimum expenditure at 'Internet Para Llevar de Tarjeta'
• Yoigo Prepaid sims do not roam by default, you will need to phone the callcentre and try and get a English speaking representative
• Yoigo Prepaid sims do not expire after 6 months of no use (longer times still to be tested!), you can check to see if your sim is still valid by logging in to the My Yoigo site.
• You can top-up your prepaid SIM online via the Yoigo site, works with non-Spanish cards as well

VodafoneEdit

Startup costEdit

It costs 24€ (and only 20.69€ on Canary Islands) with a balance of 18€.

Data feature packs - pre-paid (prepago) - for USB modem - not for iPhone**Edit

• Time based plans:

Plan	Price	Max Volume	Validity Period	Text SMS to 2207 to activate
Weekly (Semanal)*	19€	unlimited	7 days	C SEM
15 Days (Quincenal)	29€	unlimited	15 days	C QUI
Monthly (Mensual)	49€	unlimited	30 days	C MES

After 1GB of usage, download speeds will be limited to 128 kbps.  
(Vodafone sometimes may not enforce this limit, based on past user experience)
The weekly plan is limited to 35 connections, and will then not work. 
Confirmed by Customer Service.
Call 22189 (Customer Service in English) and ask for a week of mobile internet instead, 
costs €3 and is really unlimited.

*VOIP and P2P are not permitted with this plan.
** Bono plans do not work with iPhone, only for USB modem according to Vodafone customer
   service. Initially activation of 15 days (Quincenal) time based plan by "C QUI" SMS to
   2207 was confirmed by automatic SMS reply. However, it turned out that each kilo byte of
   mobile data costs was then subtracted from prepaid balance - no flat rate at all.
   The solution: For iPhone internet access is best achieved by purchasing a normal prepaid 
   (pregago) SIM first. Then call 22189 (Customer Service in English) and ask for a week
    of mobile internet("bono wap gprs de navegacion movil") costing only €3/week.
   Even internet-tethering is possible, allowing download speeds up to 1000kbps on VF 3G.
   However, use of internet tethering will deduct €4/day from prepaid balance without any warning.

•Plans based on total data usage

Plan	Price	Max Volume	Validity Period	Text SMS to 2207 to activate
Basic (Básico)*	19€	250MB	90 days	C BAS
Advanced (Avanzado)*	29€	400MB	90 days	C AVA
Premium (Premium)*	59€	1GB	90 days	C PRE

• VOIP and P2P are not permitted with this plan.

AvailabilityEdit

Sold in a Vodafone's stores. You can load up the card in 5€ steps (+5€, +10€, +15€....)

You can check your prepaid SIM credit balance by calling *134# on the phone dial. Be aware that this service is NOT free anymore! I just wondered why my account keeps decreasing. The balance check costs 17 cent (sometimes 18 cent...) each check!

Fair use policyEdit

The tarif is called "Bonos prepago - Bonos por tiempo" with which you can use 1 GB of data - after that you get reduced to a 128kb/s

SIM sizesEdit

Mini SIM

Technical informationEdit

You must make sure to use the APN airtelnet.es - especially on smartphones as they initally try to use a wap APN which reduces your balance in seconds. (on iPhones the Vodafone SIM will automatically set the correct settings on the iPhone, provided

that no profile with special mobile settings was previously installed on the iphone)

For a normal sim use:

• APN: airtelnet.es

• Username: vodafone

• Password: vodafone

For a microsim (e.g. Iphone 4 and Ipad) [not verified]:

• APN: ac.vodafone.es

• Username: vodafone

• Password: vodafone

TENERIFE:

I suggest going to the official vodafone store. In Playa des Las Americas, I bought a Vodafone SIM card from a small store for 15 euro which included 9 euro credit. But the official Vodafone store sold it for 9 euro with 9 euro credit!

To activate the card I had to provide my passport.

To get a week's unlimited internet (50 euro cents per day) I had to call a number 22189 and ask to have the week internet for 3.50 euro set up. That's fine but I got a text message saying it wouldn't activate until midnight that same evening. Before I activated the 3.50 euro a week deal, I chewed up 9 euro of credit with very little internet use on the standard rates.

23.01.2012

MÁSmovilEdit

Startup costsEdit

10 Euro with 10 Euro balance

Default data rateEdit

0.05 euro / MB

0.03 Euro /MB after signing up for "automatic prepaid" (requires pay pal account or credit card)

Data feature packsEdit

300 MB / 5 euro.

AvailabilityEdit

From their website or in shops

Technical InformationEdit

Apn: internetmas No user/password

SIM sizesEdit

Mini SIM

MoviDataEdit

MoviData is only available at ThePhoneHouse stores in Spain.

Startup costEdit

It costs 30€.

Data feature packsEdit

Startup is 500MB free, each additional 100MB is 6€ (reload only in ThePhoneHouse stores). No time restriction.

AvailabilityEdit

Sold only at ThePhoneHouse stores.

SIM sizesEdit

Regular.

Technical informationEdit

There is no APN configuration needed. Uses Orange network.

Movistar (telefonica)Edit

Startup costEdit

15 EUR

12 EUR of credit included

Data feature packs Edit

(Bono Internet)Edit

• 1 week 22,42 incl. taxes send ALTA SEM to 221140
• 1 month 57,82 incl. taxes send ALTA MEN to 221140
• 3 months 69,62 incl. taxes send ALTA TRI to 221140

Limited to 1GB per period, then you seem to pay 3,54 EUR / 30MB, but up to 14,16 EUR per day maximum -- it's then a flatrate.

AvailabilityEdit

Sold at movistar stores.

SIM sizesEdit

Regular.

Technical informationEdit

• APN: movistar.es
• login: movistar
• password: movistar

Bandwidth limited to 1Mbps download / 384kbps upload

ORANGEEdit

Orange is now offering the "Delfin" (Dolphin) plan, which cost 3.5€/Week, it does includes unlimited access 100 Mb at full speed and the rest at 128 kbps, does not include VoIP.

Startup cost: Sim card can be obtained for 9 €, it includes a credit of 7€, enough for the plan that you are interested on. Procedure to get the dolphin plan:

1. Disable data on your phone (Data roaming is not enough to disable the plan, remember you will put a local SIM and the phone will start to consume credit if you don't disable data)
2. Put in your SIM card.
3. Call 470, navigate through the menu, the first question is "Quieres hacer una consulta acerca del telefono que nos estas marcando!" (Do you want to consult about the telephone you are talking about?). Say "Si" or press 1.
4. Next question is if you want to see the remaining calls or sms based on your credit, Say "No" or press 2.
5. On the main menu, say "Tarifas y promociones" (Rates or promotions) or press 4
6. Say "Consultar Tarifas" (Consult about Rates) or press 1.
7. Say "Consultar or cambiar a otra tarifa" (Consult or change to another Rate) or press 2.
8. You will be transfered to an agent, tell him/her that you want the "Plan Delfin" (Dolphin Plan) the will ask your name, probably the number (it is on the card where the sim was, a 9 digit number) and the model of your phone/device.
9. Wait for sms confirmation and now activate your data.

AvailabilityEdit

Sold at Orange stores and places where movil services are sold. You can find these kind of stores at the big metro stations or around downtown.