Essential Yemen Travel Tech Guide

• Extremely slow internet download speeds
• Visa Online and Official Tourism Website
• Internet Filtering: Pervasive Filtering

• Coffee

As of 2014, there are four mobile operators that offer connectivity for tourists. Of these, MTN and Sabafon are the largest. Sabafon has an internet SIM that you can purchase to avoid rather expensive data rates with the regular SIM.  A passport is required to purchase a SIM card.

Top Prepaid SIM options

1. MTN (Spacetel)
Cost: 200 YER($1 USD) for the SIM, 1,000 YER($4.50 USD) for 50 mb data lasting one month, or  4,000 YER ($18 USD) for 1 gb data lasting one month.  Link

2. Sabafon
Cost: 345 YER($2 USD)  for the SIM,  130 YER($.60 USD)  for 100 mb data lasting one month, or 350 YER ($1.60 USD) for 1 gb data lasting one month.  Link

Where to Buy: Authorized outlet is preferred.

Call for Information: 118
Call for Emergency: 199

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Type: A, D, G
Surge Protector Recommended: Yes
Expect Power outages: Yes