Changes: Angola

Revision as of 13:25, 6 April 2016

Basics

There are 2 network operators in Angola:

Unitel
Movicel

Unitel is the largest provider in Angola wheareas Movicel is partially owned by the state telephone company.

Pre-paid SIM cards are available in their outlets. Registration is mandatory, so bring your passport and valid visa or residence permit, otherwise your SIM card may get suspended until the registration has been processed.

Typical for Angola is that telecom operators quoted the charges in tarif units (UTT). Each unit is at this moment 7.2 Kwanza's (Kz), which is roughly 0.045 USD. Only Unitel seems to keep using this unit, as Movicel nowadays advertises in Kwanza's only.

Unitel

Unitel is the market leader and owned by multiple companies. Their network covers every major population area and has about 9 million subscribers (including pre-paid). The network has launched data coverage including 4G LTE.

Availablity

SIM cards are available at their stores: branches locator, and from street vendors as well. You can check the registration status online .

Recharge cards are available in 50,125,375, 625 and 1250 Units. The smallest extends the validity for 10 days, whereas the largest is good for 180 days of validity. To recharge the account you can dial 19101 and follow the instructions or dial *101*rechargecode#. To check your balance and to book other options dial *111#.

Data featured packages

The standard rate is "Net Light" at 18 Kz per MB. Accessing facebook via zero.facebook.com and wikipedia via m.wikipedia.com is for free.

A day pass with 200 MB data is available for 200 Kz

For buying following "BIG NET" data packages you text "NET" plus the value in UTT eg."NET 125" to 19107.

Volume	Validity	UTT	Price
100 MB	15 days	50	360 Kz
500 MB	30 days	125	900 Kz
2 GB	30 days	375	2700 Kz
4 GB	30 days	625	4500 Kz
10 GB	30 days	1250	9000 Kz

More info

Website (Portuguese only): Unitel

Movicel

Movicel is the smaller operator in Angola with roughly 3 million subscribers. The company was set up by state-owned Angola Telecom, but was for 80% privatized later on. The network utilizes 2G and 3G bands.

Availability

SIM cards are available from their shops. To check balance dial *196#. The pre-paid tariff is called "Sempre Facil"

Data Add-ons

The standard data rate is 20 Kz per MB and is activated by default.

The following packs can be add by texting the corresponding code to 19200. These packs auto-renew until a message has been sent to 19209 or a movicel shop has been visited.

Volume	Validity	Price	Code
50 MB	1 day	100 Kz	Dia
200 MB	1 week	500 Kz	Semana
300 MB	1 Month	900 Kz	300MB
1 GB	1 Month	2500 Kz	1GB
5 GB	1 Month	5000 Kz	5GB
10 GB	1 Month	10000 Kz	10GB
Unlimited*	1 Month	16200 Kz	ILIMITADO

*The unlimited plan is good for 20 GB after which the speed will be reduced.

More Info

APN: internet.movicel.co.ao

Website (Portuguese Only): Movicel

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 [[File:Movicel-AO-Logo.png|thumb|220x220px]]
 Movicel is the smaller operator in Angola with roughly 3 million subscribers. The company was set up by state-owned Angola Telecom, but was for 80% privatized later on. The network utilizes 2G and 3G bands.
-=== Availability ===
+=== '''Availability''' ===
 SIM cards are available from their [http://movicel.co.ao/pt/rodape/links-uteis/onde-estamos/ shops]. To check balance dial *196#. The pre-paid tariff is called "Sempre Facil"
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+=== '''Data Add-ons''' ===
 The standard data rate is 20 Kz per MB and is activated by default.
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 <nowiki>*</nowiki>The unlimited plan is good for 20 GB after which the speed will be reduced.
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 APN: internet.movicel.co.ao