T-Mobile offers a cheap prepaid service for travellers visiting the Netherlands. The T-Mobile Netherlands SIM card offers:
- Prepaid SIM card with a Dutch mobile phone number. It's a prepaid SIM so there is no contract or credit check required.
- Call within the Netherlands for only €0.09 per minute to landlines (plus a €0.19 connection charge) and €0.24 per minute to mobile phones (plus €0.19 call connection charge)
- Cheap international calls (€0.31 to landline and mobile phones in Australia, plus €0.19 call connection charge/flagfall)
- Cheap calls to other T-Mobile Netherlands Prepaid International customers - only pay €0.24 for the first 30 minutes of your call
- Free incoming calls regardless of where the call originates
Call charges
Call a landline phone in the Netherlands €0.09 per minute (plus a €0.19 connection charge)
Call a mobile phone in the Netherlands €0.24 per minute to mobile phones (plus €0.19 call connection charge)
Send a SMS text message to a mobile phone in the Netherlands €0.12
Call another T-Mobile Netherlands Prepaid International customer: €0.24 for the first 30 minutes of your call, then €0.24 for each additional minute
International call charges
T-Mobile Netherlands offers cheap international calls.
A €0.19 connection fee applies to all calls.
Internet bundles
You can add internet access for €19.90 for 1GB/30 days (this promotional offer ends 31 March 2012, after which an internet bundle will give you 350MB/30 days for €19.90).
To activate your internet bundle, simple text MONTH INTERNET XTRA to 4000 and €19.90 will be taken from your prepaid balance.
You can still access internet without activating your internet bundle, however the standard rate for pay as you go internet access is €2 per MB.
Cheap European roaming
You can also use your Dutch T-Mobile SIM card for low cost roaming elsewhere in Europe. The cost to use this SIM card in other European countries is:
Call another European phone €0.35/minute
Call an Australian phone €1.27/minute
Receive a call €0.10/minute
Using the internet while roaming in Europe
Data access while roaming in other European countries is:
5MB for €1.95/day (text DAGPASK1 to 1401 to add this data roaming package)
50MB for €4.99/day (text DAGPAS 1 to 1401 to add this data roaming package)
100MB for €14.99/7 days (text WEEKPAS1 to 1401 to add this data roaming package)
Please note that this is a Dutch SIM card. You activate it by making your first call on T-Mobile's network in the Netherlands and you can only buy credit at shops in the Netherlands (although you can buy credit online if you have a credit card issued by a European bank with a Dutch billing address). Although it is a great SIM for travelling in Europe, you should only buy this SIM if the Netherlands is your first port of call in Europe and you should buy enough credit before leaving the Netherlands to travel around Europe.