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Prepaid phone subscribers can top up their airtime balances via electronic reloading stations. These stations or retailers use a Retailer SIM card to top up prepaid credits on a subscriber's mobile phone. This SIM card functions similarly to commercially available prepaid SIM cards but with additional reloading/top-up functionality.
A SIM lock, simlock, network lock, carrier lock or (master) subsidy lock is a technical restriction built into GSM and CDMA [1] mobile phones by mobile phone manufacturers for use by service providers to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and/or networks.
A prepaid mobile device, also known as a pay-as-you-go (PAYG), pay-as-you-talk, pay and go, go-phone, prepay, or burner phone, is a mobile device such as a phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use. The purchased credit is used to pay for telecommunications services at the point the service is accessed or consumed.
Service is provided by a SpeedTalk Mobile SIM card that's included in the package. The carrier uses T-Mobile's network for calls and text messages but has plans starting at just $5 per month ...
There once was a time when phones that flipped open and had a keyboard were all the rave -- and now, these same phones are worth a surprising value. Your old cell phone may be worth more than you ...
A physical SIM can be transferred from a broken to a working phone. [34] The eSIM, which allows communications to be made and charged to the account-holder, cannot be removed if having the phone repaired, or lending it to someone. eSIM accounts must be deleted or transferred from a phone when it is sold or disposed.
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The phone identifies the subscriber by transmitting the International mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number, which is stored on a SIM card that can, in theory, be transferred to any handset. However, the network's ability to know a subscriber's current, individual device enables many network and security features.