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Poundland stores in the UK are currently offering a £1 payg SIM for either Vectone or Delight mobile networks with £10 credit on them!

This is a promotional offer, and will not be available for long. The £10 credit can only be used to make Calls, send texts or access the internet in the UK, and does not work on premium calls or texts.

I bough 2 of these recently at their Kilburn High road store to use in my home burgular alarm system (texts me intruder alarm and status messages) and the other one in my android phone vehicle tracker app (internet use), so if you can find a use for a disposable number, then these are ideal.



Please note that because these SIMS were made before november 2013, they do not offer the free vectone/delight calls without topping up. Also make a note of the date on the pack, as the SIM MUST be activated within 15 months of the date for the £10 to be credited.

Calls cost 10p a minute to UK mobile, 5p to Landlines and texts to UK mobiles are 10p each. Internet data is charged at 16p per MB.

Let me know if you get any, and what you plan on using them for.

The cheapest mobile network to call Nigeria from the UK is Vectone with an astonishingly low rate of 3p per min (which includes VAT).

On the 21st of November 2013, Vectone UK announced some new low international rates with the new rate for calling Nigerian mobile numbers now only 3p/min down from 8p. This deal now makes it cheaper than Delight mobile which is a favorite for Nigerians, and also beats LycaMobile as well.



There are other good offers currently available from the website, like 1GB of data for £1, and 0.5p calls to international countries using the Vectonecloud, and their PAYG rates are not bad if you are a light user or you can get free calls to other members of the network without having to topup.

So if you are looking for an affordable way of calling international countries including Nigeria, then this might be the deal you have been looking for.

Ovivo Mobile the MNVO that uses the Vodafone Network today increased it free Text allowance to 300 texts a month on the Freedom phone plan.

So for a one off fee of £20, you get £15 back as credit, you can now have 150 minutes, 300 texts and 500MB for no monthly charge! An idea package for students or low mobile phone users.

The network is advertising supported, but if you have a phone that only supports calls and sending texts, you will never see an advert, and your service will continue as usual.

For more details visit the Ovivo website.



Please note the screenshot above shows a Nov 2013 promotion which is offering double data

Need a mobile phone for Incoming calls only?

If you are looking for a mobile phone provider in the UK that would support using a mobile phone SIM account for incoming calls only without a contract, then you should consider GiffGaff which is a subsidiary of O2.

Most UK PAYG SIM only packages will allow you to use your account for incoming calls only for a limited time of anything between 3 to 6 months but require you to either topup or make a chargeable call/text once every 90 or 120 days to keep your account active, however with GiffGaff as long you have incoming calls your account will remain active.

If you have never heard of GiffGaff, you mght be wondering is this a con? The reason why GiffGaff doesn't demand you topup every 3 or 6 months is that every mobile network owner gets paid a fee for terminating a call, so as long as people call the mobile phone the network is making money, but the bigger networks are greedy, and make more money by getting people to topup and force them to make calls.

GiffGaff even has a monthly bundle especially designed for people who get a lot for incoming calls, for a fee of £5 you get 60 mins and 300 texts and for every complete minute of incoming call you get, they add an extra minute to your call allowance.

So if you have an unlocked mobile phone or an O2 iphone, then for a one off SIM activation fee £10 (you get £5 extra credit if you use this link), you can have an incoming calls only mobile phone package. As an added bonus, you can call freephone numbers (0800 or 0500) free from your mobile phone on this network, great for car breakdowns while out and about. No other network in the UK offers this!

If you have a locked mobile phone from a UK network provider, check out the free GiffGaff Guide to phone unlocking.