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MoviStar Spain SIM expiration info

WARNING!!! DUE TO SPANISH ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS PASSED IN NOVEMBER 2007 TO AVOID UNLAWFUL USE OF SIM CARDS IN TERRORIST ATTACKS, THE SPANISH CELL COMPANIES ARE REQUIRING THAT ALL SIM CARDS BE CORRECLTY REGISTERED BY NOVEMBER 1st, 2008. THOSE SIM CARDS NOT REGISTERED WILL BE DEACTIVATED AND IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THEM REACTIVATED.

FURTHERMORE, THE SPANISH CELL COMPANIES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DEACTIVATE SIM CARDS THAT DO NOT SHOW ACTIVITY (USAGE) OVER THE COURSE OF AS LITTLE AS 2 MONTHS SO PLEASE BE SURE TO TOP-UP YOUR SIM CARD OR AT LEAST MAKE A PHONE CALL WITH IT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH TO BE SURE NOT TO LOSE YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOREVER.

Normally, all MoviStar Spain SIMs have 2 expiration dates...

1) The expiration date on the pre-paid calling credit - 6 months from activation/purchase date or last top-up.
2) The expiration date on the phone number - 7.5 months from activation/purchase date or last top-up.

Unless otherwise indicated, your MoviStar Spain SIM card has a natural life of 7.5 months from the purchase date.
HOWEVER, THE SPANISH CELL COMPANIES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DEACTIVATE SIM CARDS THAT DO NOT SHOW ACTIVITY (USAGE) OVER THE COURSE OF AS LITTLE AS 2 MONTHS SO PLEASE BE SURE TO TOP-UP YOUR SIM CARD OR AT LEAST MAKE A PHONE CALL WITH IT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH TO BE SURE NOT TO LOSE YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOREVER.
· If you do not add any calling credit within an initial 6 month period, your remaining credit will be lost.

· You then have another 1.5 months to recharge (top-up) your SIM Card in order to retain your Spanish cell phone number.

· If you fail to do so, you will lose the number and the SIM card will be useless. Lost numbers can NOT be recuperated by any means.

· Every time you add any calling credit (minimum recharges here in Spain for MoviStar are 5 Euros), you get another 7.5 months service life on the phone number and 6 months life on the call credit.
So, if you bought a SIM card from us and firsdt use it on say July 1st, 2004, your credit would be good until January 1st, 2005 and your phone number valid until February 15th 2005 (granted you never topped up your SIM at all).

If you topped up your SIM on let's say August 15th, 2004 (perhaps before leaving Spain), you would then retain the old and newly added call credit for another 6 months and the phone number would be valid for another full 7.5 months.

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We here at spainSIM offer a unique "keep your SIM alive" minimum recharge in the event that you may be out of Spain for longer than the SIM life allows. Please see "extending your SIM card life" in our "services" section on the main menu for more.