Sim cards
Disclaimer
The authors are not visa or study abroad agents. They were the students of french institutions and here to share their experiences.
There are several options to choose a network which has good packages in terms of free calling to India and data around 10GB per month.
The basic packages start as low as 2 euro/ month. But the unlimited calling options and high data limits will cost approximately 10-15 euro/month.
Some of the common options are listed below:
Lebara. It also has free calling to India with their 10euro/month plan (as of July 2021)
Tips
1. You can take the above sim cards before your Toul'box appointment, Online or at the tabac shops (Tabac) near to Toul'box. You can then register this sim while doing bank formalities at Toul'box. If you don't do this, you will have to register the sim card provided by toul'box and then port it to the above operators.
2. All around the year, there will be sales & offers in these service providers. During these periods, you will find the packages for as cheap as 4-7 euro/month with same usage limits. If you have already bought a high cost cards, you can port the sim with RIO numbers.
3. For banking purposes, you should have a post-paid service. So if you have given you prepaid numbers info for bank registration, do not forget to port the number to any other post-paid services.
4. To call India, you can also use other services like Skype & Rebtel.
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