Using your eSIM in India

Everywhere, and you will use it constantly.

Drivers send their number plate on it, hotels confirm on it and guides share the day's plan on it.

It runs over mobile data.

On and off, because the line runs through towns one hour and empty country the next.

It goes in tunnels, and no plan promises otherwise.

Download your ticket and a film before you board.

In the cities, both do, and both need data to book and to pay.

The airport prepaid taxi counter is the fallback when the app cannot find you in the car park scrum.

Up the valleys, over the passes and on the trekking routes it goes for days at a time, so plan around that rather than hoping.

Manali and Darjeeling are not something we can promise either.

You can, and it means a form, identification, a local address and a wait before it works.

Sorting an eSIM before you fly skips all of that and keeps your Australian number live.

For the app based payments everyone uses, yes.

Cash still works and card machines are common in cities, so data matters more for the maps, the bookings and the messages.

Your phone needs to support eSIM and be unlocked.

Check your model before you buy.

Check my phone

No.

Ryvo eSIMs are data only.

There's no phone number, and you can't make calls or send texts on the eSIM itself.

Yes.

Keep your main SIM on for calls and texts, and set the eSIM as your mobile data line.

Your carrier's roaming rates still apply to calls and texts, so check them before you go.

It depends on the plan.

Each plan says whether hotspot is allowed before you pay.

Add data from your order page if your plan can be topped up.

If it can't, buy another plan for the same destination.

Email us and we'll work through it with you, starting with your phone's mobile data settings.

If we can't get it working, our refund policy explains what happens next.

Read the refund policy

India and your plan's own networks are both named on the coverage list on this page.

The high mountain valleys and the far northeast are the gaps.

WhatsApp is how India runs.

Drivers, hotels, guides and shops all use it, and many businesses have no email address that gets answered.

Uber and Ola both work in the cities, and the prepaid autorickshaw stands outside stations are often quicker in heavy traffic.

Keep your usual SIM switched on for calls and texts, and choose the eSIM for mobile data.