Demand for state prepaid sim card
The favorable price of the sim card has caused most buyers to opt for it at the expense of IranCell’s, which is being offered at lower price but lacks suitable antenna reception.
The sim card is sold at 300,000 rials while IranCell’s price is 70,000 rials.
Currently, second-hand MCI sim card with code 1 is sold at 5,700,000 rials but those with catchy numbers are sold above 8,000,000 rials.
Other MCI sim cards are sold as follows:
New MCI sim cards with codes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are sold at 6, 4.9, 3.7, 3.65, 3.45, 3.35 and 3.1 million rials respectively.
Second-hand MCI sim cards with codes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, however, are sold at 3.7, 3.15, 2.55, 2.5, 2.3, 2.2 and 2 million rials respectively.
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