Israel

Orange IL:

Pay-as-you-go plan is called BigTalk.

Obtaining a SIM card: 99 NIS

Using data without a plan: 4 NIS/MB.

Pre-paid data plans:

The data allowance is divided into general Internet usage and Orange Portal surfing.

All packages are monthly (even for Pay-as-you-go - so they have to be cancelled once you stop using them).

On all packages, data usage outside the package limits costs 4NIS per MB.

No package: 250KB for Orange portal, None for Internet.

UMTS Basic: 25MB for Orange portal, None for Internet for 26.90 NIS.

5GB UMTS PP: 5GB, shared for Orange portal and Internet for 99 NIS.

20GB UMTS PP: 20GB, shared for Orange portal and Internet for 149 NIS.

Prices taken from: http://www.orange.co.il/he-il/cellular/packages/packages/bigtalk_surfcont/

APN Details: APN: uinternet, No username/password.

Cellcom:

Cellcom's pre-paid plan is called TalkMan.

Pricing:

Calls within the Cellcom network on peak times (Sun - Fri, 6 am to 6 pm) 0.7866 NIS / minute

Calls outside the Cellcom network on peak times: 0.9857 NIS / minute

Calls everywhere on off-peak times: 0.9857 NIS / minute.

Data plans for pay-as-you go: It is unclear whether Cellcom offer this.

Cellcom also offers a SIM-only monthly plan (one month rolling contract) for data. Monthly price: 129.90 NIS ("unlimited"), one-time SIM cost of 143.40 NIS. Downstream speed is 2.8Mbit/sec, upstream: 1.2Mbit/sec.

Pelephone:

Pelephone used to be a CDMA network and is now a hybrid CDMA / UMTS network. This means only phones supporting the 2100MHz frequency could use it and it has no GSM coverage.

Pelephone's pay-as-you-go plan is called Talk & Go.

Call prices are 0.924 NIS / minute for all destinations.

Data: 0.09 NIS / 1 KB up to the first 5 MB. Afterwards, 0.01 NIS / 1KB with a maximal daily charge of 49 NIS for Internet usage.

Pelephone has data-only plans (59.90 NIS / month for 1 GB Internet) but it is unclear if they can be purchased on a rolling-contract basis.