몰디브 eSIM
The Maldives eSIM runs on Dhiraagu with 1 to 5 GB for 7 to 30 days, prepaid without a contract or registration, so you are online right after landing at Velana International Airport in Malé.
선택 내용
기간은 목적지에서 처음 접속할 때부터 시작됩니다. 오늘 사고 3주 뒤에 떠나도 됩니다.
몰디브에서 Simbye eSIM은 어떻게 사용하나요?
2분 안에 연결돼요
Set it up before you fly
After the purchase you get an email with a link and a QR code. Install the eSIM calmly at home over WiFi. It then waits in your phone until you arrive and starts nothing by itself.
Switch it on after landing
Whether you land at Velana International Airport in Malé, at Gan in the south, at Hanimaadhoo in the north or at Maafaru: flight mode off, data roaming on for the eSIM line. Within a minute or two you are on Dhiraagu, before you even reach the transfer desk.
Runs until the data or the validity ends
Validity starts with that first connection. Hotspot is allowed, laptop and tablet can share. When the data runs low you top up online, from the resort island as well.
기기 호환성 확인
구매 전 기기가 eSIM을 지원하는지 확인하세요
몰디브에서는 어떤 통신망을 쓰게 되나요?
Your Maldives eSIM runs on Dhiraagu Maldives, one of the country's two mobile networks.
There is nothing to choose. As soon as you land in the Maldives and data roaming is switched on for the eSIM line, your phone connects to Dhiraagu on its own, usually within a minute or two. You do not need to enter an APN. If nothing happens after a few minutes, turn flight mode on and off once, or pick the network by hand in your settings.
Dhiraagu reaches virtually all inhabited islands and the resorts. The network is densest around the capital: Malé, Hulhumalé, Villimalé and Velana International Airport on Hulhulé are well served, as are Addu City in the far south and Kulhudhuffushi in the north. In the central atolls – North and South Malé Atoll, Ari, Baa, Vaavu – you normally get stable 4G on the islands themselves. It thins out over open water between atolls, on uninhabited sandbanks and at resorts far north or far south. On a seaplane you have no signal at all in the air, and on a speedboat you lose it in the open channels and get it back as your atoll comes closer.
몰디브에서 eSIM과 현지 유심 중 어느 쪽이 좋을까요?
| 비교 | Simbye eSIM | 현지 유심 |
|---|---|---|
| ID check | No registration, you buy the eSIM online | Your passport has to be shown and registered, without a passport copy you get no card |
| Online from when | Installed before departure, connected a minute or two after landing | Only after buying it and registering your passport in the arrivals hall |
| Where you get it | From your email, wherever you happen to be | At Velana International Airport or in Dhiraagu and Ooredoo shops |
| Payment | Online in your own currency | On the spot in US dollars or rufiyaa, sometimes cash only |
| Local phone number | No, data only, no calls and no SMS | Yes, a Maldivian number with the +960 dialling code |
| Your home number | Stays active as a second line, WhatsApp and bank SMS keep working | With only one card slot it has to come out for the trip |
| Topping up | Online any time, from the resort island too | Credit from a shop or a local app, and resort islands have no shops |
| Straight after landing | You are already online while the boat or seaplane waits | Buying and registering on the spot costs time you often do not have before a transfer |
Why roaming on your home plan gets expensive here
Almost every carrier files the Maldives under a distant roaming zone and bills it by day pass or by the megabyte, no matter which country your contract comes from. What that adds up to is usually only visible on the bill after the holiday.
On top of that, this is exactly where your usage goes up. Reef photos and videos want uploading, maps and transfer times get checked, and in the evening you call home. Resort WiFi usually copes, but every guest shares the same line, and it ends at the jetty. A prepaid data eSIM costs a fixed amount up front instead of an open-ended bill.
Where the network reaches, and where it does not
Coverage is best around the capital: Malé, Hulhumalé, Villimalé and the airport on Hulhulé are densely covered, as are Addu City in the south and Kulhudhuffushi in the north. In the atolls that matter for travellers, North and South Malé, Ari, Baa and Vaavu, the islands normally have stable 4G, including local islands such as Maafushi, Thoddoo, Ukulhas or Dhigurah.
We would rather tell you upfront where it ends: over open water between atolls, on sandbank trips and on dives far offshore the connection drops. On a seaplane you have nothing at all for twenty to forty-five minutes, on a speedboat you hold the signal longer and lose it in the open channels. At resorts far north or far south the network gets thinner the further you are from Malé. So anything you need en route is better downloaded in advance.
The passport rule applies to local SIM cards, not to your eSIM
Anyone buying a prepaid card from Dhiraagu or Ooredoo in the Maldives has to register it against their passport. Without a passport copy you do not get a card. This eSIM, by contrast, you buy online and use as a guest on the Dhiraagu network. Nothing has to be registered or shown.
What you do still have to do before you fly is the Traveller Declaration with Maldives Immigration through the IMUGA portal. It is mandatory for everyone entering the country and may only be submitted within 96 hours of your flight, otherwise it is invalid. The only official address is imuga.immigration.gov.mv; other sites charge money for the same form. Do this over your WiFi at home, because your eSIM only goes live once you are in the Maldives.
몰디브 eSIM 한눈에 보기
- 네트워크
- Dhiraagu Maldives
- 설치 방법
- 이메일에 있는 링크 또는 QR 코드 — 한 번만 누르면 끝
- 네트워크 기술
- 4G/LTE — 그리고 이미 5G가 되는 곳에서는 5G
- APN 및 설정
- 설정할 게 없어요. eSIM에 모든 정보가 들어 있어요
- 핫스팟
- 사용 가능 — 노트북, 태블릿, 함께 여행하는 사람까지
- 데이터 추가
- 언제든 충전 가능, 다시 설정할 필요 없어요
- 통화와 문자
- 포함되지 않아요 — WhatsApp 통화는 데이터로 이용해요
- 기존 번호
- 휴대폰에 그대로 남아 계속 연락받을 수 있어요
- 약정
- 없어요. 요금제는 저절로 종료돼요
- 알아두세요
- 기존 통신사 로밍은 요금이 청구되지만, 이 eSIM은 선불이라 나중에 추가되는 요금이 없습니다
몰디브 eSIM 자주 묻는 질문
데이터, 통화, 실제 전화번호, 충전, 설정까지 — Simbye eSIM을 구매하기 전에 알아야 할 모든 것.
