WhatsApp, with a surprise move, amazes the market by launching its new WhatsApp SIM Card and effectively becoming a kind of MVNO.
WhatsApp is leaving everyone stunned with a surprise move that came out of nowhere.
The instant messaging service has in fact become something of an MVNO, a mobile virtual network operator.
This is because it has been learned that a WhatsApp SIM card has just been launched, which can already be activated but is currently exclusively available in Germany, the country chosen for the debut of this operation.
Definitely a completely unexpected step taken with the agreement and collaboration of the German operator E-Plus.
The WhatsApp SIM card has an activation price of 10 euros; this money also serves as credit available immediately.
Currently, there are two applicable tariff plans, as learned from the official E-Plus website:
- available 600 credits: with this “budget” – included in the aforementioned 10 euros – you can make calls, send SMS, and surf the web, by deducting credit units at the following rates:
– 1 minute of call: 1 credit;
– 1 SMS: 1 credit;
– 1 MB: 1 credit.
Traffic generated by the use of the WhatsApp app itself will not be counted, therefore, no credit will be consumed for this type of usage.
- Pay-as-you-go usage: money will only be deducted from the 10 euros of available credit if you make communication operations, applying a real phone plan:
– calls: 9 cents/minute;
– SMS: 9 cents each;
– 1 MB: 24 cents.
Even in this case, the traffic required for the WhatsApp app to function will not be deducted.
It is impossible to specify a release date for the WhatsApp SIM card in Italy and/or the rest of Europe: at the moment there is no talk of it at all, there is no official or even unofficial information that can clarify the matter.
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