
Charge airtel
If you plan to buy a SIM card in the Seychelles to use data and internet, you should buy a prepaid SIM card from airtel. Top up 500 SCR and get 750 SCR credit. Then dial *121# with your smartphone and choose the 4 for "mobile broadband" in the menu. Then select the 2 for "data packs". Now book the 3 GB data volume for 499 SCR and call with the remaining 251 SCR.
Charging Cable & Wireless
Buy prepaid SIM card in e.g. Indian Shop, then follow this link online:
Boosters
Choose "data 3000" and get 3 GB, or pay the exact amount of 549 SCR in the Indian Shop.
The small advantage of airtel over Cable & Wireless is the small phone credit you get when you pay in the 500 SCR lump sum instead of the direct deposit of 499 SCR for Data only.
Incidentally, there is only one internet submarine cable and that is operated by Cable & Wireless. This infrastructure is also used by airtel, so the quality is the same for both.
The international prefix for Seychelles is +248
Post Office:
Independence Avenue
PO Box 60
Victoria, Mahé
Phone: +248 422 52 22
Fax: +248 422 44 17
Opening hours: Monday - Friday: 8.00 - 16.00 hrs
Saturday from 8.00 - 12.00
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