Can a visitor buy a Tunisie Telecom, Ooredoo or Orange Tunisie eSIM?

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An eSIM from Tunisie Telecom, Ooredoo Tunisie or Orange Tunisie gives you a Tunisian number and local prices, but each operator sells it differently to a visitor. This guide reads the operators' own pages, checked on 1 October 2026: what each one offers tourists, where you collect it, what identity document it asks for, what it costs in dinars, and when a travel eSIM bought at home is simpler.

Can a visitor buy an eSIM from a Tunisian operator?

Yes, from two of the three operators, but not entirely online: Ooredoo and Orange Tunisie publish tourist offers available as an eSIM, and both involve a stop at an airport or a shop. Tunisia has three mobile operators: Ooredoo Tunisie, Orange Tunisie and Tunisie Telecom. None of the operator pages we read offers a fully online purchase where the QR code arrives by email before you leave home.

Prices are in Tunisian dinars (DT), as the operators sell them. Euro equivalents in this guide use the Central Bank of Tunisia's average rate for 29 September 2026, 1 EUR = 3.3724 dinars, and are approximate.

How does Ooredoo's Holiday SIM eSIM work?

You reserve it online, choose eSIM or SIM, and give an arrival at Tunis-Carthage or Djerba-Zarzis airport, the only two the form accepts. Ooredoo's Holiday SIM page says the offer "is also available as an eSIM". The pre-order form asks for your first name, last name, email, passport number, arrival date and arrival airport, and offers only two airports: Tunis-Carthage and Djerba-Zarzis. Every field is mandatory. The page does not describe the handover itself, but the airport field implies that the order is collected on arrival at one of those two airports.

Each pack also includes international minutes (10, 10, 25 and 40) and SMS (15, 30, 40 and 50). The international minutes are valid to all destinations except premium-rate numbers. The pages carry no date, and Ooredoo reserves the right to change its prices.

The Holiday SIM detail page explains what happens when the pack runs out. You can activate a new Smart Pack Holiday at any time by dialling *153#, and several packs can run at the same time. Without a pack, the line runs pay-as-you-go from its credit, at 0.225 DT a minute for national calls. Dial *100# for your balance and 1111 for customer service.

The Holiday SIM's main strength is the Tunisian number with local and international minutes, which no data-only travel eSIM gives you. Its main limit is geographic: if your flight lands at Enfidha-Hammamet or Monastir, the form has no option for your airport.

What does Orange Tunisie sell to tourists?

Three 30-day internet packs, sold as a SIM or an eSIM at Orange points of sale, mainly Tunis-Carthage airport and land border crossings. Orange Tunisie's tourist page lists 10 GB for 25 DT, 27 GB for 33 DT and 55 GB for 58 DT, each valid 30 days, plus 2 DT for the SIM card. The page offers a choice between "SIM" and "eSIM" and promises quick activation.

The page lists its points of sale: the Algerian border posts at Melloula, Babouch near Tabarka, Aïn Draham and the Agil station between Béja and Tunis, the Libyan border at Ras Jedir, and Tunis-Carthage airport. Its only other link leads to the Orange shop finder. There is no online order form on the page.

Orange's general eSIM page confirms the shop step: you activate the eSIM by scanning "the QR code acquired in store". It also says that Orange was the first Tunisian operator to offer eSIM. On 1 October 2026 the page still announced a free eSIM for any new subscription "until 30 September", without a year, so do not count on that offer.

The page does not say which identity document a tourist must show. Orange's page also states that only one eSIM is active at a time alongside the physical SIM; in practice this depends on your phone, so check its settings if you already carry a travel eSIM.

Can you still get a Tunisie Telecom eSIM or Tourist SIM?

Its archived eSIM page of September 2025 sent customers to its shops for an eSIM, but neither that page nor its tourist offer could be confirmed in 2026. The operator's website could not be reached from our servers on 1 October 2026; the connection timed out. What we could read are copies kept by the Internet Archive, so everything in this section describes the operator's pages at the date of each copy, not its current offer.

The archived eSIM page, captured on 15 September 2025, told new and existing customers to go to the nearest Tunisie Telecom shop and ask for an eSIM. It said the activation QR code "can be scanned free of charge as many times as you wish" on compatible phones, and gave 1298 or 71001298 as help numbers.

The last readable copy of the Tourist SIM page, from 14 August 2024, described an offer for non-residents at 10 DT with 10 minutes of national calls and 2.1 GB valid 30 days. It was sold in all Tunisie Telecom shops and at the operator's airport kiosks. In October 2025 the archive recorded that address as an error page.

That is why this guide gives no current Tunisie Telecom price. Prices for Tunisie Telecom that circulate on comparison sites without a source are not used here.

Do you need a passport for a Tunisian eSIM?

Plan on it: Ooredoo's form makes the passport number mandatory, and counter staff at Tunis-Carthage ask for the original passport, according to an eSIM seller. Ooredoo's Holiday SIM pre-order cannot be sent without the passport number. Its online SIM-to-eSIM change form accepts three documents: a Tunisian identity card, a passport or a residence card.

Orange Tunisie's tourist and eSIM pages do not state the document required. For Tunis-Carthage, the eSIM seller Gigago, whose airport guide was last updated in September 2026, says counter staff ask for "an original physical passport". Gigago sells eSIMs, so treat its page as a commercial source; no operator page we read contradicts it.

A travel eSIM usually skips the counter step: eSIM Tunisie, Airalo, Holafly, Yesim and the other travel brands deliver the QR code by email after payment. One exception is worth knowing: esimdb flags an online identity check (eKYC) on all of Orange Travel's Tunisia plans, and Jetpac's plans as having none.

Which airports have operator counters?

Tunis-Carthage is the only airport where all three operators are reported, and Djerba-Zarzis is the only other arrival airport that Ooredoo's pre-order form accepts. At Tunis-Carthage, Gigago reports Orange and Ooredoo counters open from 7:00 to 22:00 and a smaller Tunisie Telecom booth from 8:00 to 18:00, in the arrivals hall near baggage belt 2, after passport control.

Enfidha-Hammamet and Monastir, the two airports run by the operator TAV for the Hammamet, Sousse and Monastir coast, list no telecom shop on their services and shopping pages. Both advertise free TAV Wi-Fi in the terminal. Our guide to eSIMs for Hammamet, Sousse and Monastir covers those airports in detail.

For Djerba, our Djerba eSIM guide explains the free OACA Wi-Fi and the Ooredoo pickup. If you land anywhere other than Tunis-Carthage or Djerba-Zarzis, a local eSIM means a detour to a town shop on your first day.

Local eSIM or travel eSIM: which costs less?

Per gigabyte, the operators' larger tourist packs are cheaper than most travel eSIMs; for 10 GB over a week, the gap is about €6 to €9. The table compares options that suit a one-week stay. Travel eSIM prices are in the currency each provider sells in, checked on 1 October 2026.

For heavy use, the local packs pull further ahead. Orange Tunisie's 55 GB pack costs 58 DT plus 2 DT for the SIM, about €17.79, or about €0.32 per gigabyte. Ooredoo's 40 GB pack costs 60 DT, about €0.44 per gigabyte. The cheapest per-gigabyte travel eSIM we read was Orange Travel's promotional 100 GB for 30 days at €37.99 (about €0.38 per GB), against €28.50 for 20 GB at Airalo (€1.43 per GB).

What the local packs cost you instead is time and certainty: a queue at the counter, a passport check, and points of sale limited to certain airports, border posts and shops. Our price-per-day and per-gigabyte comparison lists every length.

Is Orange Travel the same as Orange Tunisie?

No: Orange Travel is the travel eSIM of the Orange group, sold online in euros, while Orange Tunisie is the local operator. Orange Travel's Tunisia page says its eSIM connects to Orange, Ooredoo and Tunisie Telecom, choosing the best network available. It is bought and installed before departure, like any travel eSIM.

On 1 October 2026 its fixed plans ran from 1 GB for 7 days at €3.99 to 100 GB for 30 days at €37.99, a 40% promotion on a list price of €61.99. The 20 GB plan for 30 days cost €19.99 instead of €27.99, and 50 GB for 30 days cost €36.99. Its unlimited plans, which include calls and SMS, cost €25.99 for 5 days (20% off €31.99), €38.99 for 10 days, €51.99 for 15 days, €64.99 for 20 days and €79.99 for 25 days. The page publishes no daily speed cap figure.

Promotional prices change, so check the page on the day you buy. For a stay of a month with heavy use, the 100 GB plan is the travel eSIM that comes closest to the local packs on price per gigabyte, without the counter.

Can you move a Tunisian eSIM to another phone?

Each operator handles it differently, and none of the procedures we read is designed for a short-stay visitor. Tunisie Telecom's eSIM page, as archived in September 2025, said you must first uninstall the eSIM from the current phone; the same QR code could then be scanned again on the new one, free of charge.

Ooredoo's online form replaces a SIM or an eSIM with a new eSIM. It sends a code by SMS to your Tunisian number, asks for an identity document (a Tunisian identity card, a passport or a residence card), deactivates the old SIM, and emails the new eSIM. Ooredoo warns that, when you replace an eSIM, you should not delete the old profile, because the code is sent there. Orange Tunisie's eSIM page describes no transfer procedure.

Travel eSIMs have their own rules, set by each provider. Apple's built-in transfer between iPhones is explained in our guide on moving an eSIM between two iPhones.

Which Tunisian operator has the best network?

Ooredoo led the most recent independent study, Opensignal's report for April to June 2026, winning 12 of its 14 categories. In that report Ooredoo averaged 28.0 Mbps for downloads, against 23.3 Mbps for Tunisie Telecom and 20.1 Mbps for Orange. Its coverage score was 8.0 out of 10, against 7.8 for Tunisie Telecom and 6.9 for Orange.

Nationally, Ookla's Speedtest Global Index for August 2026 puts Tunisia's median mobile download at 50.79 Mbps, ranking the country 80th in the world. The full network comparison, including the nPerf barometer that ranks Tunisie Telecom and Orange first for 2025, is in our Djerba network guide.

A travel eSIM also runs on one of these three networks. Airalo uses Ooredoo, eSIM Tunisie and Ubigi use Orange Tunisie, Holafly uses Orange and Ooredoo, and Orange Travel names all three.

Where does eSIM Tunisie fit?

It is a convenient travel eSIM priced above the market median, not a substitute for the local packs on price. eSIM Tunisie, the Tunisia specialist linked from this site, sells unlimited plans from €6.50 for 1 day to €99 for 30 days, with 1 GB a day at full 4G speed, then 512 kbps, on the Orange Tunisie network.

Against the wider market it is expensive. On 1 October 2026 the esimdb comparison site listed 67 sellers with a Tunisia-only 7-day plan giving at least 1 GB a day at full speed, or no cap at all. Taking each seller's cheapest such plan, the median price was €18.93, about half the €37 that eSIM Tunisie charges. For 30 days, the median was €60.06 across 62 sellers, against its €99. Method: euro prices as esimdb lists them, promotional prices included, and dollar-only prices converted at the European Central Bank rate of 30 September 2026 (1 EUR = 1.1355 USD) for the median only.

Pros

• Cheaper than Holafly at every length, by 40 cents to €6.50 (7 days: €37 against €37.90).
• Bought and installed at home, with no passport step and no counter, whatever airport you land at.
• Validity starts at the first connection to a Tunisian network, not at purchase, and prices are in euros.

Cons

• Above the esimdb median at every length, from 1 day (€6.50 against €2.81) to 30 days (€99 against €60.06), and more than Yesim (€24.50) or Airalo's 7-day unlimited plan (€32) for a week.
• Lowest full-speed allowance among the major brands that publish one: 1 GB a day, against 3 GB at Airalo.
• Data only, on one network, with no Tunisian number; a local pack costs less per gigabyte.

Local operator or travel eSIM: how to choose

• You land at Tunis-Carthage or Djerba-Zarzis and want a Tunisian number: Ooredoo's Holiday SIM, pre-ordered with your passport number, gives you data plus local and international minutes for 15 to 60 dinars.
• You stay a month and use a lot of data: Orange Tunisie's 55 GB pack is the cheapest per gigabyte if you can reach one of its points of sale; Orange Travel's 100 GB plan is the closest online alternative.
• You land at Enfidha-Hammamet or Monastir, or want to be online on landing: install a travel eSIM before you fly. Our comparison of the best Tunisia eSIMs ranks them by trip length, and our installation guide gives the steps.
• You want to compare every option: our guide to getting internet in Tunisia adds roaming passes from European operators.

Whatever you choose, the phone must accept an eSIM and must not be locked to your home operator, as explained in our article on unlocked phones and travel eSIMs. Our iPhone 17 and Galaxy S26 pages give eSIM details model by model, and the list of compatible phones covers every brand. On Android, the free eSIM Check app reads your device's real hardware capabilities in seconds.