Notice: The Fido Country Specific SIM Card for Canada is no longer available. All orders will be replaced with the Roger's Country Specific SIM Card for Canada.
Country-Specific SIM
Card For Canada
This Country-Specific
SIM Card For Canada Includes:
Up
to 100 minutes of local outbound calls
A
local Canadian cellular phone number
Voicemail
SMS
(Text messaging) and email
No
contract, monthly charges, or credit check
Airtime Rates -
Within Canada
A C$15 airtime credit will be included with your Fido Canada SIM
card. Additional credit is available through the purchase of airtime
vouchers, also called reload codes (not another SIM card), in Canada.
These airtime vouchers are available in 4 denominations o Canadian
dollars:
C $10 ($7)
Airtime Rate: C $0.30 ($0.21)
Minutes Included: 33
Valid For: 30 days
C $15 ($11)
Airtime Rate: C $0.15 ($0.11)
Minutes Included: 100
Valid For: 15 days
C $25 ($18)
Airtime Rate: C $0.30 ($0.21)
Minutes Included: 83
Valid For: 60 days
C $30 ($21)
Airtime Rate: C $0.30 ($0.21)
Minutes Included: 200
Valid For: 30 days
Airtime Rates -
International Calls
Calls to the US are C$.33 ($.22)/minute.
To make an international call, other then to the United States,
you will need to use a calling card from your Fido cell phone. Call
1-800-872-7626 extension 110
Receiving Email With
Your Fido Sim Card
Receive e-mails at an easy-to-remember fido.ca address!
E-Mail Messaging lets you send and receive e-mail messages of up
to 155 characters each, right on your handset display. Your e-mail
address is easy to remember, because it's your Fido phone number
(area code + your Fido number) followed by @fido.ca (e.g.:
4161234567@fido.ca). This service works anywhere in Fido's PCS
coverage area and is billed on a per-use basis at 7¢ for every
e-mail message sent or received.
Service
Life
If you do not recharge your account within 120 days your Mobile
phone number will be recycled and any remaining airtime credit will
be forfeit. To get connected again you will be required to purchase
another SIM card. The 120-day period starts the day you activate in
Canada.
International
Capabilities
The prepaid Canada country-specific sim card can not be used outside
of
Canada. For wold SIM card information please call 1-800-872-7626
extension 110
Activation
Instructions
To retrieve your Canada cell
phone number you can dial 611 from your mobile phone or
1-888-481-FIDO (3436) from a landline. Your Canada mobile phone
number will be assigned by Fido.
Be
sure that battery is charged
Insert
the Canada SIM chip into the cellular phone*
Turn
on your phone
Dial
611 to activate and retrieve your Canada cell phone number
Start
calling**
*You will need to snap out the thumbnail sized Canada SIM
card along the perforated edge of its holder and then insert the
Canada SIM card into your international cell phone with the gold
contacts of the Canada SIM card facing the metal contacts of your
international cellular phone.
**When calling overseas from the United States to your Canada
cellular phone number callers will need to dial 1 and then your
Canada cell phone number. To call the US simply dial the 1 area code
and phone number to be connected. To call abroad (other then to the
US) from Canada you will need to use a calling card with a local access
number in Canada. Direct international calling is not available with
Fido.
Adding
Credit
Additional credit is available through the purchase of airtime
vouchers, also called reload codes (not another SIM card), in Canada.
These airtime vouchers are available in the 4 denominations of
Canadian dollars explained above in the airtime rates within Canada
section above.
Refill your prepaid service account whenever you want. Simply open
the prepaid voucher and punch the secret code into the keypad of your
international cell phone to apply the respective credit.
Airtime vouchers are available locally in Canada at convenience
stores, petrol stations and local Fido authorized dealers.
At any time you can dial *46, free of charge, from your Canada
cell phone to check your account balance901 <send> from your
cell phone to find out the remaining call credit balance on your SIM
card.
Do not purchase another SIM
chip when your airtime is depleted!
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