Terms & Conditions
GVC eSIM Card
A GVC eSIM Card is provided. It may have been inserted into the phone you are using. You must not interfere with this card for any reason. If the eSIM card is damaged (through no fault of Global Voice Connect SIM), you will be required to pay for any replacement, exchange or repair of such eSIM Card.
If you require a replacement eSIM Card you must notify us using the customer service number, by email using support@globalvoiceconnect.com, directly on +1.754.229.4002 A SIM card replacement will cost $25 plus Sales Tax (if applicable) and postage and must be paid for in advance.
B.T o prevent unauthorized use of your mobile phone, your SIM card will become blocked if an incorrect PIN code is entered 3 times. If the SIM card is blocked, you will be unable to use your phone in any way. Â In order to unblock the SIM card in the phone, you must enter your PUK code (Personal Unblocking Key). This PUK code is printed on your Global Voice Connect SIM Card Holder & Certificate.
C.In the event you have blocked your phone and you have lost your SIM Card Certificate, you must notify us using the Customer Service number 154, by email using support@globalvoiceconnect.com, calling directly on +1.754.229.4002 or in writing and quote your name, address, contact telephone number,GVC SIM card mobile telephone number, place and date of purchase of the SIM pack, date of activation of GSM service and date of last Top-up voucher (and any other relevant information that may be required).
D.If you, or any third party, have incorrectly entered your pin code more than 13 times in total, the SIM card will be permanently blocked. Â You will be required to purchase a new SIM card. Â You must notify Global Voice Connect SIM in writing and quote your name, address, contact telephone number, place, and date of purchase of the SIM card pack along with proof of purchase.
There is a charge for replacing of $39.99 plus Sales Tax (if applicable) and postage payable in advance.
Variation of Terms and Conditions, Entire, Agreement, Assignment
GVC SIM can, from time to time, change the Terms and Conditions of this Service, other than the charges payable under it, by a document referring expressly to this Clause and signed by a duly authorized employee of Global Voice Connect SIM. Global Voice Connect SIM will publish details of any changes (including the operative date) on its website as soon as possible, but, in any event, not less than two (2) weeks before any changes are to take effect. Subject thereto, these Terms and Conditions and any document referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us and shall not be varied save by agreement in writing.
You are not allowed to transfer, or assign, all or any of your rights and obligations under this Agreement to anyone else without our written permission. We may assign or sub-contract our rights and/or duties either in whole, or in part, without your consent.
General
Any difficulties you may have in relation to our services should be addressed to the Customer Service Centre. call direct on +1.754.229.4002.
Emergency Service: The use of a mobile phone to telephone 911, 999 or 112 service is not guaranteed and must not be relied upon as an alternative to emergency calls via the fixed telephone network or the established marine emergency procedures.
The GSM services are made available to you on the basis that you and any other party using the global SIM card service with your express, or implied consent, or for whose use of the GSM services you are responsible. You will:
Not use the services for any improper or unlawful purpose or allow others to do so;
Only use mobile phones approved for use with the GSM network; comply with all relevant legislation or regulations relating to the use of such equipment and the use of the GSM network services; comply with any reasonable instructions issued by us from time to time, which concern use of the equipment or the global SIM card service and Top-up Vouchers; comply with any reasonable request, in particular, in relation to the investigation of fraud or other offences; and not act or omit to act in any way likely to injure or damage any person, property or the network, or cause the quality of the GSM services to be impaired or interrupted in any manner whatsoever.
Actions considered abusive or fraudulent by a subscriber of the mobile number of any of the services provided to the service may result in the withdrawal of all or any of the services. Â We are not required to provide any notice of such a withdrawal, but we will attempt to provide warnings by any suitable means.
We may interrupt or suspend the GSM services at any time, on reasonable notice where possible, to facilitate any modification, maintenance or remedial work in respect of the network or the GSM services. We will use all reasonable endeavors to keep such events to a minimum.
We may interrupt or suspend the GSM services either with, or without, prior notice to you and/or we may terminate this agreement if:
You are in breach of any of these conditions or fail to comply with them; or you act or omit to act in such a way that the operation of the network or the quality of the GSM services may in our reasonable opinion be jeopardized or impaired; or you use, or attach to, the network, equipment which is not approved for use with the network and which does not comply with all relevant legislation or regulations in relation to their use; and/or we reasonably suspect that a fraud is being perpetrated against us or a third party.
We reserve the right to levy a connection fee for any reconnection to the network where your access to the GSM services has been interrupted or suspended in the circumstances envisaged above. Â In such event, we reserve the right to refuse to reconnect you to the network unless you furnish security or agree to adhere to the terms and conditions of the service.
Nothing contained in the terms and conditions of sale of the Global Voice Connect SIM card service (including the SIM card packs and/or GSM Top-up Vouchers) will be constituted as vesting in or transferring to you any right, title or interest in the software, the mobile phone number or the number contained on any GSM Top-up Vouchers.
We reserve the right to refuse any request for information where we are unable to verify that the caller is the subscriber of the account.
Any person to whom your mobile number and account are transferred should be made aware of these terms and conditions. Copies of the terms and conditions are available at our main office, or via the website at www.globalvoicesim.com.
Your right to cancellation
You have the right to cancel the contract at any time up to the end of seven working days after you receive the SIM card. A working day is any day other than weekends and bank or other public holidays.
To exercise your right of cancellation, You must give written notice to us by hand or post, or email, at the address, email address shown below, giving details of the SIM cards ordered and (where appropriate) their delivery.
If You exercise your right of cancellation after the SIM cards have been delivered to You, You will be responsible for returning them to the Supplier at your own cost. They must be returned to the Global Voice Connect SIM office. You must take reasonable care to ensure they are not lost or damaged in the meantime or in transit.
Once You have notified Us that You are cancelling the contract, We will refund or credit You within 30 days for any sum that has been paid by You or charged to your credit/debit card for the Goods. If You do not return the SIM Cards as required, We may charge You a sum not exceeding the direct costs of recovering them.
Term and Termination
If you do not use the SIM card for a period of 3 months and the SIM card isn't registered on our website, this agreement will terminate automatically and shall be deemed to be terminated by You. Any credit remaining on the SIM card will be permanently lost and will not be refunded.
Global Voice Connect SIM shall be entitled to terminate this agreement immediately if:
You use the SIM Card for illegal, immoral, or improper use; or any of the information You have provided to us is found to be false.
We shall be entitled to terminate the Services by giving You not less than 7 days notice, for reasons including but not limited to any breach of your obligations under this agreement (which if capable of remedy are not remedied within 7 days of Global Voice Connect SIM informing you of the breach); or the us being unable to provide the Services.
If we terminate this agreement, You shall be compensated up to the amount of airtime that is on your phone at the date of termination.
You shall be entitled to terminate this agreement at any time by informing us. On termination, we are under no obligation to refund the airtime that is on your phone at the date of termination, on termination, we shall disconnect your GVC SIM card. We reserve the right to refuse any request for information where we are unable to verify that the caller is the subscriber of the account.
Refunds
We cannot give refunds for the airtime. You may return an unused phone or GVC SIM card within 30 days after the receipt of the item, provided you never placed a call to or from the mobile phone issued and all airtime is intact. A 25% restocking fee will be applied. Returned products must be undamaged and unused in their original packaging in order to be accepted. We reserve the right to refuse refunds for any products that are returned with damage and are unable to be resold at the purchased price. Shipping charges will not be refunded. We cannot refund airtime used on mis-dialed calls. If you are not sure how to dial a number in a specific country, please request support from customer service. There are no refunds for sent SMS messages - either it was delivered to the recipient or not. Not all SMS messages can be or will be delivered. We cannot refund minutes used for calls to Customer Service. A call made to Customer Service will be billed at the same rate as a regular call made from the country in which you are located. Most shipments from GVC require a signature on delivery. Returns due to the carrier's inability to obtain a valid signature are subject to a return processing fee and no credit of freight charges. There will be no refunds for Internet data usage. If the charge occurred then data was moved and you were charged accordingly. There will be no refunds for Personal Extra Numbers once ordered. There will be no refunds for discount call or text plans once activated.
Provision of the Services
The Services supplied under this agreement shall continue to be supplied for 3 months following your last use of the Services provided You have sufficient airtime except in the event that this agreement is terminated in accordance with conditions contained in this Agreement. At the end of such period the Services will cease to be available to You regardless as to how much, if any, unused airtime You may have remaining on your account.
You acknowledge that this agreement is subject to network service levels and roaming agreements that currently exist between the mobile phone networks and that they are outside of the Supplier's control.
We shall endeavor to provide the Services at all times and We warrant to You that the Services will be provided using reasonable care and skill.
Any warranties We provide You shall not apply to any third party services that You may access through the Services.
If the provision of the Services is prevented or delayed by any act or omission caused by You, We shall not be liable for any costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by You arising directly or indirectly from such prevention or delay.
We may, from time to time and without notice, change the Services in order to comply with any applicable safety, regulatory or statutory requirements, provided that such changes do not materially affect the nature, scope of, or the charges for the Services.
Law and Arbitration
A. This contract shall be governed by law in the United State and you hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the FL Court.
Any dispute arising under this Contract, which does not involve a complicated issue of law or a sum exceeding $5,000 (or such sum as may be set from time to time by the relevant governing trade or government authority) may be referred to arbitration by either party.
Limit of Liability
For the avoidance of doubt, Global Voice Connect SIM has no obligation, duty or liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise beyond that of a duty to exercise reasonable skill and care.
Subject to Clause 8.b, in any event Global Voice Connect SIM has no liability whatever whether in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise for the acts or omissions of other providers of telecommunications services or for faults in or failures of the Service or SIM card.
In any event in no circumstances shall Global Voice Connect SIM be liable in contract tort (including negligence and breach of statutory duty) or otherwise for loss (whether direct or indirect) of profits, business, revenue or anticipated savings or for any indirect or consequential loss, wasted expenses financial loss data being lost or harmed or damage whatever.
Where the Customer does not take the Service in the course of a business (or hold himself our as doing so), this Clause 9 does not affect the Customers statutory rights.
Each provision of this Clause 9 is to be construed as a separate limitation applying and surviving even if for any reason one or other of the said provisions is inapplicable or held unreasonable in any circumstances and shall remain in force notwithstanding termination of this Contract.
The Customer shall forthwith on demand indemnify Global Voice Connect SIM against all claims losses, liabilities, costs and damages that we may incur that anyone other than the Customer threatens or makes against us because of the way the Service is used or because the Service is faulty or cannot be used arising otherwise than by reason of default on the part of Global Voice Connect SIM.
Force Majeure
Global Voice Connect SIM is not liable for any breach of this Contract where the breach was caused by part of Global Voice Connect SIM, insurrection or civil disorder, war or military operations, national or local emergency, acts or omissions of government, highway authority, regulatory authority or other competent authority.
Global Voice Connect SIMs compliance with any statutory obligation or an obligation under a statute, international treaties and other international agreements, industrial disputes of any kind (whether or not involving Global Voice Connect SIMs employees), fire, lightning, explosion, flood, subsidence, weather of exceptional telecommunication service providers and foreign GSM or GPRS operations) or any other cause whether similar or dissimilar outside our reasonable control.
General Powers of Global Voice Connect SIM
Global Voice ConnectSIM reserves the right to:
Alter the name or number of the customers Cell phone, or other name, code or number whatsoever allocated by Global Voice Connect SIM from time to time for use in connecting with Service; In an emergency, temporarily to suspend Service to the Customer wholly or in part for the purpose of the provision of temporary emergency telecommunication services; and to give such instructions concerning the use of Service as Global Voice Connect SIM decides from time to time in the interests of safety, quality of service, to the Customers of the Service as a whole and the Customer agrees to comply with such instructions.
MSISDN and IMSI Reclaim Policy:
New regulations are being imposed by the UK regulator (OFCOM) concerning controls for effective MSISDNs utilization. Our roaming service provider published an updated “MSISDN and IMSI Reclaim Policy” in order to comply with the new controls. The main points are:
MSISDNs and IMSIs that have not been used for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months will be reclaimed and the SIMs will be removed from the system! (making them useless).
Activity is defined as:
Making or receiving a call, orReceiving or sending an SMS, or Using Data
Other activities, such as connecting to a network or sending/receiving USSD (short codes) are not considered as “Activity”.
Fair Usage Policy
The usage of the SIM card and any of its calling systems is expected to be a fair balance between free incoming calls, chargeable incoming calls and chargeable outgoing calls. Excessive volume or duration of only free incoming calls or free call forwarding, determined at Global Voice Connect SIM discretion, acting reasonably, will constitute abuse.
Global Voice Connect SIM reserves the right to monitor usage, to apply call charges and/or withdraw the service from any SIM card, and associated accounts, supplied to the Buyer at any time in the case of overuse or abuse of the free incoming calls facility.
Global Voice Connect SIM will not be liable for reimbursement, compensation of call credit or purchase price or any sub sequential loss of any SIM card or account that is suspended under this Fair Usage Policy.
A GVC eSIM Card is provided. It may have been inserted into the phone you are using. You must not interfere with this card for any reason. If the eSIM card is damaged (through no fault of Global Voice Connect SIM), you will be required to pay for any replacement, exchange or repair of such eSIM Card.
If you require a replacement eSIM Card you must notify us using the customer service number, by email using support@globalvoiceconnect.com, directly on +1.754.229.4002 A SIM card replacement will cost $25 plus Sales Tax (if applicable) and postage and must be paid for in advance.
B.T o prevent unauthorized use of your mobile phone, your SIM card will become blocked if an incorrect PIN code is entered 3 times. If the SIM card is blocked, you will be unable to use your phone in any way. Â In order to unblock the SIM card in the phone, you must enter your PUK code (Personal Unblocking Key). This PUK code is printed on your Global Voice Connect SIM Card Holder & Certificate.
C.In the event you have blocked your phone and you have lost your SIM Card Certificate, you must notify us using the Customer Service number 154, by email using support@globalvoiceconnect.com, calling directly on +1.754.229.4002 or in writing and quote your name, address, contact telephone number,GVC SIM card mobile telephone number, place and date of purchase of the SIM pack, date of activation of GSM service and date of last Top-up voucher (and any other relevant information that may be required).
D.If you, or any third party, have incorrectly entered your pin code more than 13 times in total, the SIM card will be permanently blocked. Â You will be required to purchase a new SIM card. Â You must notify Global Voice Connect SIM in writing and quote your name, address, contact telephone number, place, and date of purchase of the SIM card pack along with proof of purchase.
There is a charge for replacing of $39.99 plus Sales Tax (if applicable) and postage payable in advance.
Variation of Terms and Conditions, Entire, Agreement, Assignment
GVC SIM can, from time to time, change the Terms and Conditions of this Service, other than the charges payable under it, by a document referring expressly to this Clause and signed by a duly authorized employee of Global Voice Connect SIM. Global Voice Connect SIM will publish details of any changes (including the operative date) on its website as soon as possible, but, in any event, not less than two (2) weeks before any changes are to take effect. Subject thereto, these Terms and Conditions and any document referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us and shall not be varied save by agreement in writing.
You are not allowed to transfer, or assign, all or any of your rights and obligations under this Agreement to anyone else without our written permission. We may assign or sub-contract our rights and/or duties either in whole, or in part, without your consent.
General
Any difficulties you may have in relation to our services should be addressed to the Customer Service Centre. call direct on +1.754.229.4002.
Emergency Service: The use of a mobile phone to telephone 911, 999 or 112 service is not guaranteed and must not be relied upon as an alternative to emergency calls via the fixed telephone network or the established marine emergency procedures.
The GSM services are made available to you on the basis that you and any other party using the global SIM card service with your express, or implied consent, or for whose use of the GSM services you are responsible. You will:
Not use the services for any improper or unlawful purpose or allow others to do so;
Only use mobile phones approved for use with the GSM network; comply with all relevant legislation or regulations relating to the use of such equipment and the use of the GSM network services; comply with any reasonable instructions issued by us from time to time, which concern use of the equipment or the global SIM card service and Top-up Vouchers; comply with any reasonable request, in particular, in relation to the investigation of fraud or other offences; and not act or omit to act in any way likely to injure or damage any person, property or the network, or cause the quality of the GSM services to be impaired or interrupted in any manner whatsoever.
Actions considered abusive or fraudulent by a subscriber of the mobile number of any of the services provided to the service may result in the withdrawal of all or any of the services. Â We are not required to provide any notice of such a withdrawal, but we will attempt to provide warnings by any suitable means.
We may interrupt or suspend the GSM services at any time, on reasonable notice where possible, to facilitate any modification, maintenance or remedial work in respect of the network or the GSM services. We will use all reasonable endeavors to keep such events to a minimum.
We may interrupt or suspend the GSM services either with, or without, prior notice to you and/or we may terminate this agreement if:
You are in breach of any of these conditions or fail to comply with them; or you act or omit to act in such a way that the operation of the network or the quality of the GSM services may in our reasonable opinion be jeopardized or impaired; or you use, or attach to, the network, equipment which is not approved for use with the network and which does not comply with all relevant legislation or regulations in relation to their use; and/or we reasonably suspect that a fraud is being perpetrated against us or a third party.
We reserve the right to levy a connection fee for any reconnection to the network where your access to the GSM services has been interrupted or suspended in the circumstances envisaged above. Â In such event, we reserve the right to refuse to reconnect you to the network unless you furnish security or agree to adhere to the terms and conditions of the service.
Nothing contained in the terms and conditions of sale of the Global Voice Connect SIM card service (including the SIM card packs and/or GSM Top-up Vouchers) will be constituted as vesting in or transferring to you any right, title or interest in the software, the mobile phone number or the number contained on any GSM Top-up Vouchers.
We reserve the right to refuse any request for information where we are unable to verify that the caller is the subscriber of the account.
Any person to whom your mobile number and account are transferred should be made aware of these terms and conditions. Copies of the terms and conditions are available at our main office, or via the website at www.globalvoicesim.com.
Your right to cancellation
You have the right to cancel the contract at any time up to the end of seven working days after you receive the SIM card. A working day is any day other than weekends and bank or other public holidays.
To exercise your right of cancellation, You must give written notice to us by hand or post, or email, at the address, email address shown below, giving details of the SIM cards ordered and (where appropriate) their delivery.
If You exercise your right of cancellation after the SIM cards have been delivered to You, You will be responsible for returning them to the Supplier at your own cost. They must be returned to the Global Voice Connect SIM office. You must take reasonable care to ensure they are not lost or damaged in the meantime or in transit.
Once You have notified Us that You are cancelling the contract, We will refund or credit You within 30 days for any sum that has been paid by You or charged to your credit/debit card for the Goods. If You do not return the SIM Cards as required, We may charge You a sum not exceeding the direct costs of recovering them.
Term and Termination
If you do not use the SIM card for a period of 3 months and the SIM card isn't registered on our website, this agreement will terminate automatically and shall be deemed to be terminated by You. Any credit remaining on the SIM card will be permanently lost and will not be refunded.
Global Voice Connect SIM shall be entitled to terminate this agreement immediately if:
You use the SIM Card for illegal, immoral, or improper use; or any of the information You have provided to us is found to be false.
We shall be entitled to terminate the Services by giving You not less than 7 days notice, for reasons including but not limited to any breach of your obligations under this agreement (which if capable of remedy are not remedied within 7 days of Global Voice Connect SIM informing you of the breach); or the us being unable to provide the Services.
If we terminate this agreement, You shall be compensated up to the amount of airtime that is on your phone at the date of termination.
You shall be entitled to terminate this agreement at any time by informing us. On termination, we are under no obligation to refund the airtime that is on your phone at the date of termination, on termination, we shall disconnect your GVC SIM card. We reserve the right to refuse any request for information where we are unable to verify that the caller is the subscriber of the account.
Refunds
We cannot give refunds for the airtime. You may return an unused phone or GVC SIM card within 30 days after the receipt of the item, provided you never placed a call to or from the mobile phone issued and all airtime is intact. A 25% restocking fee will be applied. Returned products must be undamaged and unused in their original packaging in order to be accepted. We reserve the right to refuse refunds for any products that are returned with damage and are unable to be resold at the purchased price. Shipping charges will not be refunded. We cannot refund airtime used on mis-dialed calls. If you are not sure how to dial a number in a specific country, please request support from customer service. There are no refunds for sent SMS messages - either it was delivered to the recipient or not. Not all SMS messages can be or will be delivered. We cannot refund minutes used for calls to Customer Service. A call made to Customer Service will be billed at the same rate as a regular call made from the country in which you are located. Most shipments from GVC require a signature on delivery. Returns due to the carrier's inability to obtain a valid signature are subject to a return processing fee and no credit of freight charges. There will be no refunds for Internet data usage. If the charge occurred then data was moved and you were charged accordingly. There will be no refunds for Personal Extra Numbers once ordered. There will be no refunds for discount call or text plans once activated.
Provision of the Services
The Services supplied under this agreement shall continue to be supplied for 3 months following your last use of the Services provided You have sufficient airtime except in the event that this agreement is terminated in accordance with conditions contained in this Agreement. At the end of such period the Services will cease to be available to You regardless as to how much, if any, unused airtime You may have remaining on your account.
You acknowledge that this agreement is subject to network service levels and roaming agreements that currently exist between the mobile phone networks and that they are outside of the Supplier's control.
We shall endeavor to provide the Services at all times and We warrant to You that the Services will be provided using reasonable care and skill.
Any warranties We provide You shall not apply to any third party services that You may access through the Services.
If the provision of the Services is prevented or delayed by any act or omission caused by You, We shall not be liable for any costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by You arising directly or indirectly from such prevention or delay.
We may, from time to time and without notice, change the Services in order to comply with any applicable safety, regulatory or statutory requirements, provided that such changes do not materially affect the nature, scope of, or the charges for the Services.
Law and Arbitration
A. This contract shall be governed by law in the United State and you hereby submit to the jurisdiction of the FL Court.
Any dispute arising under this Contract, which does not involve a complicated issue of law or a sum exceeding $5,000 (or such sum as may be set from time to time by the relevant governing trade or government authority) may be referred to arbitration by either party.
Limit of Liability
For the avoidance of doubt, Global Voice Connect SIM has no obligation, duty or liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise beyond that of a duty to exercise reasonable skill and care.
Subject to Clause 8.b, in any event Global Voice Connect SIM has no liability whatever whether in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise for the acts or omissions of other providers of telecommunications services or for faults in or failures of the Service or SIM card.
In any event in no circumstances shall Global Voice Connect SIM be liable in contract tort (including negligence and breach of statutory duty) or otherwise for loss (whether direct or indirect) of profits, business, revenue or anticipated savings or for any indirect or consequential loss, wasted expenses financial loss data being lost or harmed or damage whatever.
Where the Customer does not take the Service in the course of a business (or hold himself our as doing so), this Clause 9 does not affect the Customers statutory rights.
Each provision of this Clause 9 is to be construed as a separate limitation applying and surviving even if for any reason one or other of the said provisions is inapplicable or held unreasonable in any circumstances and shall remain in force notwithstanding termination of this Contract.
The Customer shall forthwith on demand indemnify Global Voice Connect SIM against all claims losses, liabilities, costs and damages that we may incur that anyone other than the Customer threatens or makes against us because of the way the Service is used or because the Service is faulty or cannot be used arising otherwise than by reason of default on the part of Global Voice Connect SIM.
Force Majeure
Global Voice Connect SIM is not liable for any breach of this Contract where the breach was caused by part of Global Voice Connect SIM, insurrection or civil disorder, war or military operations, national or local emergency, acts or omissions of government, highway authority, regulatory authority or other competent authority.
Global Voice Connect SIMs compliance with any statutory obligation or an obligation under a statute, international treaties and other international agreements, industrial disputes of any kind (whether or not involving Global Voice Connect SIMs employees), fire, lightning, explosion, flood, subsidence, weather of exceptional telecommunication service providers and foreign GSM or GPRS operations) or any other cause whether similar or dissimilar outside our reasonable control.
General Powers of Global Voice Connect SIM
Global Voice ConnectSIM reserves the right to:
Alter the name or number of the customers Cell phone, or other name, code or number whatsoever allocated by Global Voice Connect SIM from time to time for use in connecting with Service; In an emergency, temporarily to suspend Service to the Customer wholly or in part for the purpose of the provision of temporary emergency telecommunication services; and to give such instructions concerning the use of Service as Global Voice Connect SIM decides from time to time in the interests of safety, quality of service, to the Customers of the Service as a whole and the Customer agrees to comply with such instructions.
MSISDN and IMSI Reclaim Policy:
New regulations are being imposed by the UK regulator (OFCOM) concerning controls for effective MSISDNs utilization. Our roaming service provider published an updated “MSISDN and IMSI Reclaim Policy” in order to comply with the new controls. The main points are:
MSISDNs and IMSIs that have not been used for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months will be reclaimed and the SIMs will be removed from the system! (making them useless).
Activity is defined as:
Making or receiving a call, orReceiving or sending an SMS, or Using Data
Other activities, such as connecting to a network or sending/receiving USSD (short codes) are not considered as “Activity”.
Fair Usage Policy
The usage of the SIM card and any of its calling systems is expected to be a fair balance between free incoming calls, chargeable incoming calls and chargeable outgoing calls. Excessive volume or duration of only free incoming calls or free call forwarding, determined at Global Voice Connect SIM discretion, acting reasonably, will constitute abuse.
Global Voice Connect SIM reserves the right to monitor usage, to apply call charges and/or withdraw the service from any SIM card, and associated accounts, supplied to the Buyer at any time in the case of overuse or abuse of the free incoming calls facility.
Global Voice Connect SIM will not be liable for reimbursement, compensation of call credit or purchase price or any sub sequential loss of any SIM card or account that is suspended under this Fair Usage Policy.
