eSIM Worldwide
Worldwide eSIM from 30,95€ with a real international number (+33): 20–100 GB of data across 140+ countries plus international calls & SMS. Register WhatsApp, Telegram or any app and receive SMS codes on your number — no extra app needed. Instant QR delivery, no contract.
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Your plan only starts counting when the eSIM first connects at your destination — so you can buy today and travel in three weeks.
Coverage · Worldwide
How does Simbye eSIM work for worldwide travel?
Get connected in under 2 minutes
Pick your plan and get the QR code
Choose 20, 50 or 100 GB, pay online and the QR code plus an install link arrive by email straight away. Nothing to ship, nothing to wait for.
Install before you fly
Scan the QR code calmly at home – or tap the link later on airport Wi-Fi, in Dubai (DXB), Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK), Istanbul (IST), Singapore Changi (SIN), Tokyo Haneda (HND), New York (JFK), São Paulo Guarulhos (GRU) or Johannesburg (JNB). The 30 days only start when the eSIM first connects to a network abroad.
Switch it on after landing
Flight mode off, data roaming on for the eSIM line – done. From that moment you have internet, your +33 number for calls and texts, and a hotspot for laptop and tablet.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in over 140 countries?
How your phone gets online in every country – one setting is all it takes.
Orange Worldwide
In every country the eSIM picks an Orange Worldwide partner network by itself. There is almost nothing to set up: turn the phone on, allow data roaming for the eSIM line, wait a moment. No manual APN is needed. If nothing happens a few minutes after landing, flight mode on for ten seconds and off again fixes it almost every time; if that is not enough, run a manual network search in your mobile settings once and pick another network from the list – if it does not connect, switch back to automatic. On your next border crossing the phone switches over on its own, usually while you are still travelling or shortly after you land.
Coverage is dense in cities and metro areas – Bangkok, Dubai, Istanbul, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, New York, Mexico City, São Paulo, Cape Town, Sydney. Along coastlines, in the classic holiday regions and on major highways you are normally connected the whole way. It thins out where almost nobody lives: the Sahara, the Amazon basin, the Australian outback, the high Andes, remote Pacific islands. A local SIM card usually has no signal there either. You get 5G wherever the local partner network offers it, otherwise the connection runs on 4G.
eSIM or a local SIM card in over 140 countries?
On a multi-country trip the eSIM wins outright: one +33 number and one plan carry across borders on their own, while local cards mean a new purchase, a new number and passport registration in places like Thailand or India.
Why your home contract gets confusing on a round-the-world trip
Roaming outside your home country is billed by your own provider's rules, and those rules change from country to country. A day pass here, a per-megabyte rate there, a zone that suddenly no longer includes your next destination: on a route across several continents you quickly lose track of what is running and what it costs. You only see the bill weeks later.
A prepaid eSIM turns that around. You pay once upfront, you know the data amount and the validity from the start, and you cannot overrun something you did not buy. No contract, no notice period, no registration at a counter. And you do not have to hunt for a card in every new country – the same eSIM and the same +33 number stay with you for the whole trip.
Where the networks reach – and where they don't
Orange Worldwide works with a partner network in each country. In the big cities and metro areas that means solid coverage: Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo and Osaka, Istanbul, New York and Los Angeles, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Cape Town, Nairobi, Sydney and Melbourne. The classic holiday regions are served too, from Thailand's Andaman coast to the Caribbean resort towns and the coastal roads of Australia and New Zealand.
The honest part: in very thinly populated areas the network stops. The Sahara and Sahel, the Amazon basin, the Australian outback away from the highways, the high Andes and many Pacific islands are dead zones – for any card, including a local one. Plan for offline maps there and download your tickets in advance. Whether your phone gets 5G or 4G depends on the local partner network, not on the eSIM itself.
How much data do you need in over 140 countries?
So you can work it out instead of guessing: how much an hour costs in the apps you actually use on holiday.
Just staying reachable
1–3 GB
Messages, the map now and then, checking mail. Everything else runs on the hotel Wi-Fi.
An ordinary holiday
5–10 GB
Navigating, social media, uploading photos, a few videos in the evening.
Out a lot, or a laptop along
20 GB and up
Streaming in the evening, video calls home, keeping a laptop or tablet online through your phone.
Data used per hour
The Netflix and Spotify figures come from the providers themselves (Netflix Help Center, Spotify Support, retrieved 28 Aug 2026). The rest are network-operator estimates (o2, Vodafone, EE) and vary with picture quality and reception.
What does an eSIM for over 140 countries cost?
Simbye offers 3 plans for over 140 countries from €30,95 to €57,95 — prepaid, no contract.
Plans for over 140 countries range from 20 GB to 100 GB.
from €30,95
3 plans · 30 days
- 20 GB €30,95 30 days €1,03 per travel day
- 50 GB €47,95 30 days €1,59 per travel day
- 100 GB €57,95 30 days €1,93 per travel day
Good to know
- Networks
- Orange Worldwide
- Setting it up
- A link in your email, or the QR code — one tap is enough
- Network technology
- 4G/LTE — and 5G where the network already offers it
- APN and settings
- Nothing to set. The eSIM brings everything with it
- Hotspot
- Allowed — for a laptop, tablet or a travel companion
- Calls and texts
- Included, with your own number
- Number's dialling code
- +33 (France)
- Your own number
- Stays in the phone and stays reachable
- Contract
- None. The plan ends by itself
- Worth knowing
- Roaming on your home contract gets billed here — this eSIM is prepaid, so nothing is added afterwards
Frequently Asked Questions about Worldwide eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
