Activating your Cellular Israel SIM card for a long or short-term plan
Can I use a SIM card from a previous Cellular Israel plan?
Written by Yisroel Biegeleisen
Updated at July 27th, 2024
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Have an old Cellular Israel SIM card? Most SIMs can be reused!
Did you pick up a SIM card from one of our dealers or 24-hour pickup locations?
See below for activating/reusing a Cellular Israel sim card
Please make sure it is a sim card that says Cellular Israel on it, not Hot Mobile
For reusing Hot mobile sims for rentals see here
Reusing an Xtra sim card for Israeli rentals
For details click here →
(Prices vary depending on how long you plan on being in Israel. The minimum rental is 5 days.):
Make sure you have an unlocked device.
You can find this out by contacting whoever you got your handset from, often your service provider.
If your device is, it should work with an Xtra sim card you have from us.
We have a few options for Israeli rentals:
Talk-only rental includes:
- Israeli number
- US number
- Unlimited local and international incoming and outgoing calls
For reactivating Xtra sim cards on this plan please click here to view details and place an order on our website.
Talk and text rental includes:
- Israeli number
- US number
- Unlimited local and international incoming and outgoing calls and texts
For reactivating Xtra sim cards on this plan please click here to view details and place an order on our website.
Talk, text and 50 GB data rental includes:
- Israeli number
- US number
- Unlimited local and international incoming and outgoing calls and texts
- 50 GB data
For reactivating Xtra sim cards on this plan please click here to view details and place an order on our website.
Please choose "I already have a Cellular Israel sim card" and fill in the bottom row of digits on your Xtra sim card in the field "Use your Sim Card (Optional)".
Reusing an Xtra sim card for Israeli long-term plans
For details click here →
The minimum plan length is 4 months.
What do Cellular Israel long-term plans for Israel include?
- Unlimited incoming calls.
- All plans include calls to Israel, US and Canada.
- Virtual Number
- Voicemail included
- Price locked in
- NO Extra Charges! Guaranteed!
We have Talk-only, Talk and Text and Talk, Text and Data Israeli plans.
For Talk-only long-term plans:
Make sure you have an Israeli-certified kosher phone.
For activating Xtra sim cards on a Talk-only long-term plan
- Click here to view details and place an order on our website.
For Talk and Text or Talk, Text and Data long-term plan:
Make sure you have an unlocked device.
You can find this out by contacting whoever you got your handset from, often your service provider.
If your device is, it should work with an Xtra sim card you have from us.
> Please choose "I already have a Cellular Israel sim card" and fill in the bottom row of digits on your Xtra sim card in the field "Use your Sim Card (Optional)".