Kuwait

The currency of Kuwait is dinar (its code is KWD). It is sub-divided into 1,000 fils. It is the highest-valued currency unit in the world.

Zain
Zain Group is a mobile telecommunications company founded in 1983 in Kuwait as MTC or Mobile Telecommunications Company. It was rebranded to Zain in 2007. Zain has commercial presence in 8 countries across Africa and the Middle East with about 37.6 million customers as of 31 March 2011. It supports GSM-900/1800, 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, 4G LTE technologies.

APN settings
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 * APN name: pps (or) apn01

Wataniya
It supports GSM-900/1800, 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA technologies.

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 * APN name: action.wataniya.com

Viva
It supports GSM-900/1800, 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA technologies.

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 * APN name: viva

Zain
Prepaid service from Zain is called eeZee. It includes voice, data, and Blackberry offers.

Zain offers prepaid Internet packages under the name eeZee Connect. These packages offer Internet for smartphones, tablets, e-GO devices and routers:

Also two add-ons are available:

BlackBerry on eeZee allows you to send/receive emails, surf the Internet, and chat on your prepaid line. The plans are:

Note that with Zain BlackBerry Complete and Lite packages, you will gain access to the following services:

To subscribe to any of BlackBerry eeZee plans send BB to 999, to check the remaining validity of your plan send Q to 999.

Where to buy
eeZee prepaid numbers and recharge cards are available at all Zain branches and distributors all over Kuwait.

How to activate
To activate Prepaid Internet on your smartphone send NET to 999 or visit http://connect.kw.zain.com

How to top up
1. eeZee Recharge Cards:

2. Auto Recharge - a payment solution that will automatically deduct a certain amount of your choice on a daily, weekly or monthly basis directly from your bank account. Accepted cards are Visa & MasterCard credit cards, NBK ATM (K-Net) and Gulf Bank ATM (K-Net) cards.

Zain subscribers can activate the Auto recharge service by completing the online form, visiting one of Zain branches or by calling 107. 3. Zain Emergency Credit - it allows you to continue your calls whenever you want, even if your credit id nearing zero. The service adds KWD 0.5 / US$ 1.76 to your balance. To activate it send 500 to 999.

4. Credit Transfer - you can transfer credit from your prepaid account to other prepaid or postpaid Zain account.

In order to begin using this service, you will have to activate it via SMS. Credit transfer commands and text (by SMS service) are:
 * To register new subscriber: send ON to 99998
 * You will receive a pin number, which you will use for all future transfers
 * To unsubscribe from service: send OFF [pin] to 99998
 * To initialize transfer: send T [recipient] [Amount] to 99998
 * To confirm the transfer: send [pin] to 99998
 * To cancel the open transfer: Send cancel to 99998
 * To change the pin: send c [Old pin] [New Pin] to 99998

You can send a minimum of KWD 1.5 / US$ 5.28 and a mximum of KWD 30 in a single transfer. The monthly limit is KWD 30 / US$ 105.58. At least KWD 1 / US$ 3.52 must remain on your balance after the credit transfer operation or it won't be completed.

Validity of the transferred credit:

Wataniya
As of February, 2013 Wataniya is testing its 4G network. No plans are available at the moment, but they promise to deliver them rather soon.