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An eSIM for North America is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Coverage comes from local partner networks in each country. Your phone connects to the next one as you cross a border.
This plan does not include a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, use a virtual number.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
North America eSIM for the US, Canada, and Mexico
5GThe United States, Canada, and Mexico on every plan, from the day pass to 50 GB for 180 days.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for North America: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
One plan for the countries on its list
Set it up at home the night before. Your eSIM waits quietly until you arrive.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on at your first stop
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive. After that it connects in each country on its list.
What to know about the North America eSIM
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Local networks in each country
The plan connects to partner networks in every country it covers. Where a country has more than one, your phone can use any of them.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
North America eSIM: three countries, four networks
A North America eSIM here covers the same three countries whichever plan you pick: the day pass, 1 GB for 7 days, 3 GB for 15 days, 1 to 20 GB for 30 days, 20 GB for 90 days, or 50 GB for 180 days. The partner networks are:
- United States: Verizon and AT&T, both with 5G.
- Canada: Rogers Wireless, with 5G.
- Mexico: Movistar, listed without 5G, so expect 4G or 3G there.
The list names these three countries and nothing else, so Puerto Rico isn't on it; it has its own Puerto Rico eSIM. Traffic exits in Belgium on every plan, so a site sees a Belgian IP whether you're in Toronto, Chicago, or Cancún.
Leaving from the US, Canada, or Mexico: when the days start
Every North America plan counts its days from its first connection to a network on the list. If you live in one of the three countries, your home networks are on that list too: once installed, the eSIM can connect before you leave and start the clock.
So install it, then switch the eSIM line off in your phone's cellular settings until you cross the border or land. A Canadian driving to Florida turns it on at the border, not in the driveway; a Texan heading for Monterrey, at the bridge.
North America plan or one country's own plan
If nearly all of the trip is in one country, compare its own plans first:
- USA: the USA eSIM runs on the same Verizon and AT&T networks but exits in the US, so sites see a US address.
- Canada: the Canada eSIM connects to Rogers on most of its plans, but they stop at 30 days, where North America goes on to 90 and 180 days.
- Mexico: the Mexico eSIM uses Telcel and AT&T, both with 5G, rather than Movistar. Its plans run up to 30 days.
- More than these three: Global 130 lists all three plus Puerto Rico and much of Latin America and Europe, with terms up to 365 days and no day pass. In the US it uses Verizon only; in Mexico, Telcel and Movistar.
North America eSIM questions
Is the North America day pass unlimited?
There's no cutoff, but there is a speed cap: 1 GB a day at full speed, then 512 Kbps until the day resets, in all three countries.
Which plan suits a winter split between the US and Mexico?
The 20 GB plan for 90 days or the 50 GB plan for 180 days, which cover both countries on one eSIM. Either can be topped up with more data if it runs low. In Mexico you'll be on Movistar.
Does it keep working when I drive across the border?
Yes, all three countries are on every plan. If the phone doesn't pick up a network on the other side, turn data roaming off and on again for the eSIM.
Can I get a US phone number with it?
Not with the eSIM, which is data only. To receive SMS on a US number for weeks or months, rent a US number; it receives texts but can't make calls.
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Choose a North America plan
Pick the day pass or 1 to 50 GB of fixed data. Staying in one country? Compare its own plans first.