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An eSIM for Tunisia 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 OOREDOO TN, the one network these plans use. Your phone connects to it when you arrive.
If you stay longer, top up your current plan with more data. You do not need to buy a new one.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Tunisia eSIM on Ooredoo, with a day pass or fixed data
Data in Tunisia on Ooredoo, as a daily gigabyte or a plan of 7 to 30 days. The multi-country plans connect to Orange there, so the plan you pick also picks the network.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for Tunisia: 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.
How to get mobile data in Tunisia
Install it at home before you go. Some plans here start counting at installation, so check the line under the price for the plan you pick.
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 when you arrive
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive, and it joins a partner network.
What to know about an eSIM for Tunisia
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Runs on OOREDOO TN
Plans for Tunisia connect to OOREDOO TN. Your phone joins it once data roaming is on for the eSIM.
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.
eSIM Tunisia: Ooredoo or Orange, depending on the plan
The nine Tunisia plans on this page, a day pass and eight fixed plans, use one operator: Ooredoo (OOREDOO TN in the catalog). They run on 3G and 4G, and none is marked 5G.
Plans that include Tunisia along with other countries connect to a different operator there. The Africa eSIM, the 12-country Middle East plans and Global 130 list Tunisia on Orange, with a 5G mark. If friends in Tunis or Sousse say one of the two works better where they live, pick the plan family that uses it.
A UK exit, and one size for 15 days
Every Tunisia plan sends its traffic out through the United Kingdom, so websites see a British IP address, not a Tunisian one. The multi-country plans exit in the UK or Norway.
The fixed sizes are uneven across terms: 100 MB, 500 MB or 1 GB for 7 days, a single 3 GB plan for 15 days, and 3, 5, 10 or 20 GB for 30 days. For two weeks of heavy use, a 30-day plan of 5 GB can be the better fit than the 15-day one. Any of them tops up with extra data on the same eSIM if the allowance runs low.
Tunisia with Italy, Malta, Morocco or Egypt
A Tunisia plan works inside Tunisia only. When the trip goes further:
- Arriving by ferry from Sicily, or after a week in Malta: Global 130 lists Tunisia with Italy and Malta, and its fixed plans run from 7 to 365 days.
- North Africa and the Middle East: the 12-country Middle East eSIM covers Tunisia with Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and the Gulf; the Africa plans list 29 countries, Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt among them.
- Algeria or Libya: neither is on the Africa, Middle East or Global 130 lists.
Tunisia eSIM questions
Does the Tunisia eSIM have 5G?
No. The Tunisia plans connect to Ooredoo on 3G and 4G. The Africa, Middle East (12-country) and Global 130 plans list Tunisia on Orange with a 5G mark, which applies where Orange offers 5G.
Is the Tunisia day pass unlimited?
It doesn't cut you off after the allowance, but the full-speed part is capped: 1 GB each day, after which the speed drops to 512 Kbps until the next day begins. You choose how many days to buy.
When do the days of a Tunisia plan start?
Eight of the nine plans start at the first connection to Ooredoo in Tunisia. The 100 MB week starts at installation, so install that one last. An unused plan stays valid for 180 days.
Does it give me a Tunisian phone number?
No. The eSIM handles data only, with no number, calls or SMS. Your own SIM can stay on for texts while the eSIM carries the data; turn off data roaming on that SIM.
What happens if it won't connect in Tunisia?
Make sure data roaming is on for the eSIM and contact support, available 24/7. If the eSIM works on no supported network in Tunisia, support fixes or refunds it. Before installation or connection, you can ask for a refund within 30 days of purchase (refund policy).
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Choose your Tunisia eSIM
Take the day pass or a fixed plan on Ooredoo, and install it from the QR code in your account.