Gibraltar

Basics
Tourists may not need an extra SIM card for this small country, because Spanish antennas cover a major part of it. But in some densely built up areas of downtown and on the southern tip of the rock 3G coverage is not reached from Spain. So if you stay longer, you may think of buying a local SIM for the city only.

Right now two network operators are on the air covering every part of the rock in 2G on 900 Mhz and 1800 Mhz and 3G on 2100 Mhz. LTE has not started yet.

Using a Spanish SIM card please be sure you are not roaming on Gibraltar’s networks and vice versa as all providers have roaming agreements today charging you excessively. So always disenable roaming or make a manual network selection while staying in border areas.

Gibtelecom
This state owned company has by far the most subscribers and the best coverage around the rock.

Start up costs
The pay-as-you-go SIM card is available from their Customer Service Centre on John Mackintosh Square and further 2 dozen outlets in the city: list for a whopping GBP 25 which will all be credited to your account.

Reload cards of GBP 10 and GBP 25 are widely available throughout town. Look for the brown sticker on stores saying “Reloadcard”. Top ups stay valid for 7 months.

Data feature packs
The default rate outside the bundle and rate for overuse is 40p per MB.

The following monthly packages are available for 30 days:


 * DATA 250MB: 250 MB for GBP 9


 * DATA 500MB: 500 MB for GBP 14


 * DATA 3GB+: 3 GB for GBP 29


 * DATA 5GB+: 5 GB for GBP 39

DATA BB: unlimited for Blackberrys for GBP 29

Their “fair use policy” forbids VoIP, continuous streaming, excessive downloading and p2p file sharing!

The data pack is activated by texting the name to 8100. Additional packs may be purchased and added to the existing period.

APN: www.gibtele.com

more info in english on their website