Fwd: [liaison6c] Currency and SIM cards in Senegal

[Robin Gross]

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> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> Date: October 16, 2011 3:30:58 PM PDT
> To: "liaison6c at gnso.icann.org" <liaison6c at gnso.icann.org>
> Subject: [liaison6c] Currency and SIM cards in Senegal
> 
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> For anyone travelling to the ICANN meeting in Dakar next week.
> 
> The currency in Senegal is the  *Communaute Financiere Africaine
> franc (XOF), *also used in Togo, Mali and other francophone African
> countries
> Based on the tools I have available, as of today,
> *$1 = 473F*
>> *€1 = 656F*
>> *£1 = 747F*
> 
> Here is information on getting mobile:
> 
> Those of you who have an unlocked mobile phone will probably find that
> buying a prepaid SIM card for the week will be far less expensive than
> roaming costs using your usual carrier(*). Based on this page from
> Orange<http://www.orange.sn/djoumtouwayyatu,2,37,ay,e172125ff9ab2c5>(in French), the rates are, from what I can gather:
> SIM card: 2 000F ($4.23)  comes loaded with 2 000F credit
> 
> Per minute domestic: 85F ($0.18)
> Per minute domestic night (00:00-06:00): 50F ($0.11)
> Per minute international: 170F ($0.36)
> SMS domestic: 30F ($0.06)
> SMS international: 100F ($0.21)
> 
> (*) My Canadian telco would charge me $3.00 per minute or $0.75 per SMS For Senegal
> You can also buy an unlocked phone there
> <http://www.orange.sn/djoumtouwayyatu,2,1720,ay,e172125ff9ab2c5>
> 
> For as little as 12 900F ($27.30).
> 
> I hope this is helpful. Feel free to pass it to anyone travelling.
> 
> 
> Glen de Saint Géry
> GNSO Secretariat
> gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> http://gnso.icann.org
> 
> 




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