03/01/2019
Unlike some other European countries, SIM cards in Austria have been anonymous and were not registered until the end of 2018. A new security law required all new prepaid SIM cards to be registered from 01/012019.
All previously existing prepaid SIM cards need to be registered at the latest by 31/08/2019 or they will no longer be able to be recharged thereafter.
You can register your prepaid SIM card either in a Drei shop, online or via your prepaid app (as of 10/01/19). Don't forget your ID! 🙃
Nach Ländern wie Deutschland, Frankreich, Bulgarien, Dänemark, Griechenland, Slowakei, Italien und Spanien tritt die gesetzliche Registrierungspflicht des §97 Abs 1a Telekommunikationsgesetz nun auch in Österreich ab 1. Jänner 2019 in Kraft. Vorgeschrieben ist darin die namentliche Erfassung vo...