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Company  Price  Sim  Talk/SMS  Web  Free Int'l  Signup Bonus  Israeli CC  Real TZBlackerry
Hot99₪49₪Unlimited3GB31 countries49₪/6 months*  Yes*Yes*
Golan99₪49₪UnlimitedUnlimited  53 countries  ₪59 /1st yearYesNoNo
01292₪Unlimited3GB42 countries*44₪/6 months  YesYes29₪
Rami Levy89₪59₪Unlimited1GB  No1₪/3 monthsYesYesNo
PelephoneYes*Yes*Free
Partner129/135₪*0₪*Unlimited  1GB/3GBAdd'l 20₪NoNoNo*39₪
CellcomA lot of $180₪  NoNo75₪

Rule #1- The Israeli cell phone service market is difficult. But cheap.
Rule #2- It is illegal for a company to "lock you in" a contract. ALL plans may be cancelled at any time with no penalty. Though, they do prevent you from opening and closing plans by charging a sim card "fee". This fee must always be paid even if paid for once before, and ranges from 39₪ to 180₪.
Rule #3- For those places that need an Israeli credit card, you may need to get one from an Israeli bank with a passport and income information although YMMV.
Rule #4- It is rarely, if ever, worthwhile to rent a "vacation plan" or prepaid, as the price for a regular unlimted plan for a month is less that a vacation plan for a week. Get a GSM phone that covers 900/1800 bands and save your money
Rule #5- All Israeli plans, whether regular or prepaid, include free incoming calls/texts.

Hot- 99₪ a month - includes unlimited calls, text and data (3 gb, then slow) and unlimited to 32 countries. Free home internet supply included. They currently have an offer if you port a number from a different network, to get the first six months for just 49₪ a month. You can move your package to a 10₪ a month plan, which includes 50 minutes and texts. You can also freeze the line once a year for up to 3 months. Regarding signup- you can use an American CC and fake TZ over the phone as one user has done.

Golan - Service is passable, but can be subpar in certain areas. There are two plans with Golan. There's the 99₪ unlimited talk/text/internet/international calling plan, which also gives you up to 2 virtual foreign numbers. This plan also includes for many countries unlimited global data roaming (6GB high-speed), incoming calls & texts, and calls & texts to Israel. They also offer a ₪29 per day data-roaming plan which gives 100MB a day in these countries. These roaming options can be very useful for foreigners regardless of whether they need Golan for Israel. See their website for details.There's a promo deal to get the 99 plan for ₪59 /month for the 1st year. There's also a ₪10 a month plan, which includes 60 min for domestic/US & CA and landlines in many countries, unlimited SMS and 10 MB of Internet, with add'l mins ₪.18 domestic, ₪.08 to US/CA and landlines in many countries, and data ₪.09 /MB. Its great for those short trips here. SIM should work in an iPad for data; you can also order a car SIM which will allow you to have 2 SIMs which draw from same plan.
[To get the sim in the USA before your trip:  golanusa.net will ship it to you for $14 (more for rush) and the 49 nis for the sim. Golan bills on the 25th of the month.  The days before the first 25th are freeprorated.(So for a trip between the 26th and the 24th of the month, you don't pay the 59 nis or 99 nis plan fee.)]

012mobile - Runs on Partner service, you will get an 054 number (unless you ported). Unlimited - 49₪ for the first 6 months and 92₪ from thereon after for unlimited everything too. Includes 3GB Data and 500 minutes to US/CA (any phone) and 40 other countries (landlines only). 9₪ plan includes 60 minutes, 60 SMS, and 100MB data. Additional domestic minutes/SMS are ₪ .09, Int'l calls to to US/CA (any phone) and 40 other countries (landlines only) are ₪ .25 per min. Add'l data bundles are available starting from ₪ 19 for 1 GB. 5GB Laptop/Tablet (data only) is 98₪.

Pelephone - Online, they accept fake TZ and US CC.

Partner - 129₪ a month for unlimited talk, text, and 1GB. 135₪ for 3GB. Family plans are cheaper.Free sim for online orders. Extra 20₪/mo. for 500 min. int'l calling. Extra 39₪ for Blackberry. May need to give 500₪ deposit that you (may) get back when you cancel the plan.  One can freeze line without charges for up to 3 months when not needed (not sure if allowed more than once per 12 months).

Freedomhot.com - 2/19/2023 - They have local pickup in lots of major frum areas and delivery too. They accept US CC. Runs on Hot Mobile. Copying and pasting from their website.
All monthly plans include: Unlimited Calls & Texts to Israeli phone numbers Unlimited outgoing calls to USA and Canada and landlines to 33 additional countries.
Unlimited incoming calls and texts from anywhere in the world. Prices include all taxes.
59 Shekels - 70GB LTE Internet Data
79 shekels - 150GB LTE Internet Data
KOSHER - Voice Only - 64 Shekels
One-time SIM card fee: 49 Shekels
Optional: add a virtual USA number for $15 per month

Misc. Info
APN settings

On Hot Mobile you can check how much data was consumed either by downloading the app or by texting גלישה  to phone number 530 from your hot mobile phone,you can as well try calling this number *6733.

Note by Menucha:
Please note: as of 4/1/13, most carriers reduce period of intro rates and at times increased cost for monthly intro. I suggest we leave the above as is, but please keep in mind new changed, which are not negotiable and based on govt agreements. monthly flat rate is still great and same. (post intro)
Also, while reps wont tell you, typically you will get longer intro rate if you activate account on your own on line, and not via rep (phone or store). confirmed with carrier. Enjoy! flat monthly, even without intro rate is still one of the lowest you will come across in the west!

Israeli cellphone rentals:

1) Talkinisrael.com
Phone: +972587564477
Whatsapp: +972536299365
Email: info@talkinisrael.com 
if you should have any problems feel free to send me a pm and I will try to help you the best I can.
Plans for sale here are primarily for long term rentals.(students and the like.)


2) Israel Rent-a-cell SIM card or eSIM with calling and data. Also you can get SIMs for Israel Kosher phones!
Contact at Israelrentacell@gmail.com or WhatsApp 972-55-333-1234
Overnight or standard delivery in USA/delivery in Israel! Pickup locations in Lakewood and Israel.
* Unlimited calls and texts in Israel
* Unlimited calls to USA, Canada and landlines in 35 countries
* Unlimited incoming calls
* 70 GB of data (can add an extra 80GB of data)
* eSIMs available!
* Free voicemail
Student discount available, $29.97 monthly, including tax! Never surprise charges or hidden fees!

3) Cellular Israel - 072-224-3300 or 718-289-0195 Full Service - short term and long term, rent phones, Kosher phones, SIM cards, mifi devices, Waze by the day or month. American Customer Service!
info@cellularisrael.com

4) Simforisrael@gmail.com free delivery to anywhere

5) UnlimitedIsrael (DansDeals Advertiser with many positive reviews on DDMS & DDF) is the leading provider of SIM card & iPhone rentals for Israel in the US.
  • Unlimited calls & texts within Israel
  • Unlimited calling to the US and Canada
  • Lightning Fast 4G Internet Speeds
  • Unlimited 4G data
  • Sim Cards - $5/day
  • iPhones - $45/week
  • Kosher Phone - $4/day
  • Mifi Hotspot - $6/day
Use code SUAVE10 for 10% off any order
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4640 on: December 25, 2015, 07:43:50 AM »
If you get it unlocked by sprint.
How do I do that? Walk into a store and have them unlock it for me?
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4641 on: December 25, 2015, 07:44:43 AM »

How do I do that? Walk into a store and have them unlock it for me?
Call them and tell them you traveling abroad and want to use your phone there.

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4642 on: December 25, 2015, 08:32:39 AM »
There are two types of unlocking.

1)Unlocking to use Sprint overseas
2)Unlocking to use any SIM card

You might as well ask for both. But if you did the 2nd recently on the same account they might give you a hard time.

The first will work if you only want to use Sprint.


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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4643 on: December 25, 2015, 08:46:00 AM »
Sprint has an option on their site when signed into your account where you can request an unlock to use your phone overseas only with ANY SIM card.

If that doesn't work just call and ask to be transferred to international department.

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4644 on: December 25, 2015, 09:25:16 AM »
Now one last thing, this phone is not currently on a sprint plan. Is that an issue with unlocking it?
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4645 on: December 25, 2015, 09:26:37 AM »

Now one last thing, this phone is not currently on a sprint plan. Is that an issue with unlocking it?
I think they will only unlock for you if you currently have a sprint plan. Not sure of the phone has to be currently used. Call them and see what they say.

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4646 on: December 25, 2015, 11:48:47 AM »

Now one last thing, this phone is not currently on a sprint plan. Is that an issue with unlocking it?
I've gotten them to unlock an iPhone after it was removed from a plan but it took a couple of huca's

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4648 on: December 26, 2015, 08:59:51 PM »
By the apn settings go down to the bottom and it says "personal hotspot" just put in internet.golantelecom.net.il where it says apn and that should make the hotspot work.
I don't need a hotspot- I need instructions for HOT Mobile APN settings on the iPhone 4s with iOS 9.2

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4649 on: December 27, 2015, 05:24:35 AM »

I don't need a hotspot- I need instructions for HOT Mobile APN settings on the iPhone 4s with iOS 9.2
Google should help for that.

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4650 on: December 28, 2015, 02:05:36 PM »
I have a Cellcom SIM which I used last with traveling2israel.com. Apparently, they are no longer around. Is there any way to activate the SIM for the days which I need it?
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4651 on: December 28, 2015, 02:10:39 PM »

I have a Cellcom SIM which I used last with traveling2israel.com. Apparently, they are no longer around. Is there any way to activate the SIM for the days which I need it?
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4652 on: December 28, 2015, 02:11:53 PM »
In that case, can anyone recommend a good option for 7 days? Just talk, text, data. US number not necessary.
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4653 on: December 31, 2015, 03:11:48 PM »
In that case, can anyone recommend a good option for 7 days? Just talk, text, data. US number not necessary.
I still think http://UnlimitedIsrael.net is the best bet if you want the convenience.
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4654 on: December 31, 2015, 05:55:59 PM »
In that case, can anyone recommend a good option for 7 days? Just talk, text, data. US number not necessary.
or golanusa.net
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4655 on: December 31, 2015, 08:22:28 PM »
or https://www.prepaidisraelisim.com/

Unless you have Sprint here in the US. (possibly other carriers too)

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4656 on: December 31, 2015, 10:38:16 PM »
or https://www.prepaidisraelisim.com/
Unless you have Sprint here in the US. (possibly other carriers too)

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4657 on: January 01, 2016, 09:32:39 AM »
or https://www.prepaidisraelisim.com/

Unless you have Sprint here in the US. (possibly other carriers too)
IINM, with Sprint you only unlimited text, 1 GB of data, 0.20 per minute.
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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4658 on: January 02, 2016, 04:58:35 PM »
In that case, can anyone recommend a good option for 7 days? Just talk, text, data. US number not necessary.

Cellular Israel can reactivate your cellcom sim. you can also purchase an Israeli number which you can use on all future trips and then you only pay for the days that you use the sim card. Cellularisrael.com 7182890195. Amazing how advanced everything became! I still remember refilling by "bigtalk" in the gas stations lol

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Re: Cell Phones in Israel
« Reply #4659 on: January 03, 2016, 01:05:38 PM »
With Sprint you get unlimited data and texts. Phone calls are.20/min.