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rent a cell phone

cell phones

For either business or pleasure, rent a cellular mobile phone in Chile for only US$ 1.90 daily

Incoming calls:
All incoming calls (national or international) are FREE of charge .
Outgoing calls:

US$ 0.60 cents per minute for domestic calls inside Chile
Call to USA US$ 1.50 per minute.

All other, south, central and north american countries US$ 1.90 per minute, except Ecuador and Cuba US$ 2.50 per minute.

European countries (community) and Australia US$ 1.90 per minute.
Rest of the world US$ 2.50 per minute.

We charge on a per second basis, and not minute by minute
Check out our models below .
Cellular signal is excellent in Chile, with coverage in almost any city and fullcoverage

within the Chilean metro system. For detailed coverage see the links on the right. Feel free to contact us for any information we might have forgotten to mention or when you have special needs

our models

Nokia 5125

Simple navigation with the NAVITM key-
One button access to dozens of features.
Send and receive text messages.
Enhanced graphical display.
Stores 100 names and numbers.
30 ring tones.
Caller ID
Includes 3 games: Snake, Memory & Logic.
Up to 2 to 3 hours talk time and 100 to 200 hours standby.
Down-loadable ringtones

Motorola v.120

Li-Ion battery
4.5 hours talk / 12 days standby
400 phone book entries
5-line LED display
32 ring tunes
voice-activated dialing
vibrating alert
one-touch dialing
voice memo taker
two-way text messaging capable
e-mail
web browser
radio option

dialling instructions

General Info :
Country code: 56
System: GSM (TDMA/ AMPS)
Voltage 220V
All cellphone numbers in Chile start with a 9 omitting the need to dial an "area" code

Within Chile
To call any stationary phone in Chile from within Chile,
you simply dial the area code of the city + phone number.
For example, to call our office in Santiago, you dial 02 + 6337600

To call from a stationary phone to a cell phone ( any location within Chile)
First dial a 0 then the cellphone's number.

To call another cellular phone from your cellular phone ,
Simply dial the recipients cellphone number .

From/to Chile

When someone wants to call you from another country
they dial + 56 (Chilean country code) + your cellular phone number

In order to make international calls you dial:
1880(carrier code) + country code + city code + phone number
(Make sure to leave out the 0 before the city code!)

If someone leaves a message for you on your voicemail and you want to hear it,
you dial 500 - send. To erase the message press 1 (500 calls are free of charge).