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South Africa SIM card

Getting starting is simple: Put your Lycamobile card inside your mobile phone, turn it on, top-up your Lycamobile handset, and you’re ready to start calling.

Claim your free Lycamobile SIM card today by requesting one from our website. Other benefits include, credit transfers, refer a friend program, donations to your favourite charity, and much more!

Calling South Africa from the UK?

With Lycamobile, national and international calls are less expensive and simpler to make, keeping you connected for longer to loved ones worldwide.

South Africa calling plans

South Africa’s telecom sector consists of the continent’s most progressive network as far as technology and customer service is concerned. In an inundated voice-market, four mobile networks, Telkom SA, Cell C, MTN, and Vodacom, are all competing for part of the market in the next growth frenzy, mobile broadband. Mobile services like 3G and 4G are now on level with DSL fixed-line offerings in terms of both price and speed. Five various LTE networks have been introduced, though their launch was originally fraught with setbacks with suitable frequency-spectrum allocations.

South Africa’s Internet and broadband sector has begun to increase following years of stalled progress due to a costly operating environment. A fresh converged licensing organization has produced hundreds of businesses licensed to provide Internet services.

Saver Plan
Customers should opt-in by texting SAVE to 2525 to be eligible to get the below special rates. Customer who did not opt-in will be charged at standard rates. Opt-in save promotional tariff is valid from 19-03-2015. Promotional tariff valid for 30 days from the Opt-in. Lycamobile reserve the right to amend or vary the terms of this promotion, or to withdraw this plan at any time on reasonable notice.
UK Plans
Lycamobile UK Plan (“the offer”) inclusive allowances are for calls and texts from the UK to standard UK landline (starting 01,02 or 03) and other UK mobile numbers, and for mobile internet usage in the UK. Other usage will be charged at standard rates. Allowances are valid for 30 days from the date of purchase. 4G availability is subject to handset model and location. Calls are rounded up to the nearest minute for the purpose of calculating remaining allowances. A customer may have only one offer on their account and may not buy another during the 30 day validity period. Any remaining allowance after 30 days will not be carried over into the next 30 day period should the customer repurchase their bundle. Lycamobile reserves the right to replace or amend the offer or these Terms & Conditions or to withdraw the offer at any time on reasonable notice. Note that promotional credit (credit which Lycamobile has given to customers for free) cannot be used towards purchasing a bundle. The offer is for non-commercial, private, personal use only – Lycamobile reserves the right to withdraw or suspend the offer or to disconnect you if we suspect that offer is being used for commercial purposes, for conferencing, or if it is not being used in a handset (in a SIM box for example), if it is being used for tethering or if any reason Lycamobile reasonably suspects that you are not acting in accordance with this policy where we consider that the usage was illegitimate. Promotional period: The offer is valid from 12.12.2014.