Buying Thuraya scratch cards in the Sahara
 

Anyone got any experience of this? I asked around in rural Morocco but no one knew Thuraya. I also hear you can buy cards in Alg post offices....

CS

No idea about the countries you have mentioned. But for LY I can confirm, that they are available at least in TIP and BEN.

Maybe you can get it here.
This is their rep in Morocco.

CKM Telecom
23, Rue Mustapha El Manfalouti
Quartier Guathier
Casablanca
Morocco
Tel: +212 2 2294073
Fax:+212 2 2201100

P.S.
Look forward to read your Morocco Tour FAQ and meet up with you in either Northern France or Malaga!

[This message has been edited by Dizzie (edited 03 April 2004).]

[This message has been edited by Dizzie (edited 03 April 2004).]

Hi - slightly off the point, but referring to Thuraya at least ...
I read on the net somewhere that you could use a vodafone or O2 sim in a Thuraya phone and it would get billed to your contract. Anyone had any experience of this ? I 'phoned 3 different people at Vodafone and didn't get anywhere, eventually got onto a company called AST (who sell Thuraya phones). They said that it works with newer sims, but not old ones.
Would be interested in anyone with actual working knowledge .. also whether any other network sims would work - t-mobile for example.
Thanks

Pete

Thurayas work with most GSM SIMs if there is a network and you change the settings, but in North Africa I find Thuraya sat rates are usually cheaper.

CS