Iridium phone import

Is it a 3G sim card? An old GSM won't do.

Maybe it needs to be a post paid card.

Bob

As far as I know pre-paid SIM cards will not work.
The SIM must be on a plan and have Global Roaming activated - I use a plan / GR activated Next G SIM in an Iridium 9555 and it also works in my friends 9505a.

Have you tried the SIM in another Iridium phone? Or a plan / GR activated SIM in the phone you have purchased?

Leachy

Pre-paid will definitely not work... must be on some sort of plan with global roaming activated.
regards

There's your problem: "I inserted my pre-paid Telstra SIM card,"

The card can be either GSM or 3G or whichever "G" Telstra flogs.

It must also have International Roaming enabled but definitely cannot be prepaid.

The pin pattern on the cards appears to be quite important to an Iridium too.

See this photo,



The top and middle SIM's in this photo are both Telstra GSM's on a plan. The bottom SIM is a clone of the top SIM.

Top and bottom will both work in my 9505A, the middle will not. It causes a bad SIM error on the 9595A.

All three SIM's will work in the two ordinary Nokia handsets I have here, one GSM, the other 3G.

There are SIM's and there are SIM's but the one you put into an Iridium handset must be Telstra and be on a plan. Definitely not prepaid.

If it asks for a card to be inserted, you have an electrical SIM or SIM socket problem. If someone's been careless inserting SIMs the socket could be broken - they're very fragile and are often sold as spare parts.

Try another SIM - ANY SIM. Unless the card is damaged or the wrong pattern it will be recognised by the phone.

To be registered on the Iridium Network it must be Postpaid etc. but that happens later in the process.