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Type of SIM card
Meaning
Prepaid cards,
e.g. "a card preloaded with credit"
The term prepaid card describes the use of services by
means of prepaid credit.
Contract cards
Contract systems involve phone contracts with retro-
spective billing (usually on a monthly basis).
SMS
SMS ("Short Message Service") is a telecommunica-
tion service which transmits written messages that are
usually referred to as "text messages" or "SMS".
This service allows you to send text messages of up to
160 characters from one mobile phone to another (or
to the Vitocom 100).
Appendix
Terminology
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