Talk:Brazil/@comment-76.115.15.49-20150908043848/@comment-24682153-20150908085103

Don't forget that until 2012 you were not able to get a local SIM card at all :-) I agree that Brazil is very chaotic in many ways as this article right now. This is the last article I haven't reworked yet. There must be much more reference to the regional organization of the mobile system, as well to some calling particularities like special prefixes. Furthermore, I think we should concentrate on the 4 major national providers here.

But important rules are missing and should be included as Brazil is still one of the more costly countries in America especially when it comes to certain voice calls:

-> as voice calls outside of your local area are expensive, try to buy the SIM card in the region where you expect to use it most.

-> as inter-network calls are expensive too, try to stick to one provider if you travel in a group for calling each other.

What the Tourist SIMs are concerned, I'm sure they will be available much easier in the flagship stores when the major events are going to take place soon. They are shown as a choice (you might not get), but still they are in the portfolio of the provider. As non-Brazilians are banned from buying those, they remain pretty unknown so far in the shops. Try to take a print out copy of the offer, if you don't speak Portuguese/Brazilian.