Is it possible to buy a prepaid SIMM card in Brasil for my cell phone?

Question

I'm travelling to Brasil and want to buy a SIMM card to put in my cell phone to use while there. Is this possible?

Answer 1

Yes, very cheap too.

www.claro.com.br

www.tim.com.br

www.vivo.com.br

www.oi.com.br

are the major Brazil cell carriers.

Costs about 20 reais for the card, around 10USD.

Just make sure you buy the card from the area code you will stay longer, cause if you have a Rio card (21) but you are away from Rio you will pay to receive calls.

If you are on the state that has the same area code as your card, you dont pay to receive.

Also you can charge anywhere, you can buy top ups at every newstand, lotery house (very common in Brazil) or on authomatic machines all over.

Depending on which state you are, the signals vary, for example, São Paulo, I find TIM better, Rio depends a lot...

where are you going?

Answer 2

It´s necessary we know, what the regions you´ll visit for a better should.

The prepaid simm card, it´s not ready in diferents states because the taxes.

But, if you´ll use in only one city, it´s not problem.

In down box, my website sugestion for you´ll buy one.

This website have a international delivery.

Vivo operator cell phone is a 850mhz frequence.

Oi / Tim / Claro operator cell phone is a 1800mhz frequence.

Check frequence in your cell phone.