Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: October 16, 2011 3:30:58 PM PDT > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] Currency and SIM cards in Senegal > > > Dear All, > > For anyone travelling to the ICANN meeting in Dakar next week. > > The currency in Senegal is the *Communaute Financiere Africaine > franc (XOF), *also used in Togo, Mali and other francophone African > countries > Based on the tools I have available, as of today, > *$1 = 473F* >> *€1 = 656F* >> *£1 = 747F* > > Here is information on getting mobile: > > Those of you who have an unlocked mobile phone will probably find that > buying a prepaid SIM card for the week will be far less expensive than > roaming costs using your usual carrier(*). Based on this page from > Orange<http://www.orange.sn/djoumtouwayyatu,2,37,ay,e172125ff9ab2c5>(in French), the rates are, from what I can gather: > SIM card: 2 000F ($4.23) comes loaded with 2 000F credit > > Per minute domestic: 85F ($0.18) > Per minute domestic night (00:00-06:00): 50F ($0.11) > Per minute international: 170F ($0.36) > SMS domestic: 30F ($0.06) > SMS international: 100F ($0.21) > > (*) My Canadian telco would charge me $3.00 per minute or $0.75 per SMS For Senegal > You can also buy an unlocked phone there > <http://www.orange.sn/djoumtouwayyatu,2,1720,ay,e172125ff9ab2c5> > > For as little as 12 900F ($27.30). > > I hope this is helpful. Feel free to pass it to anyone travelling. > > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]