esimker

eSIM Central Asia — buy online from $3.99

Speed: 3G/4G/5G · Account optional · As soon as the payment confirms

Data packages

1 GB7 days
$3.99
3G/4G/5G · Top-up supported
3 GB15 days
$9.49
3G/4G/5G · Top-up supported
3 GB30 days
$10.49
3G/4G/5G · Top-up supported
5 GB30 days
$17.49
3G/4G/5G · Top-up supported
Popular
10 GB30 days
$32.49
3G/4G/5G · Top-up supported
20 GB30 days
$58.99
3G/4G/5G · Top-up supported
50 GB180 days
$240.49
3G/4G/5G

Daily Unlimited

A fresh high-speed allowance every 24 hours — you choose how many days. How daily passes work

1 GB per dayDaily Unlimited
$5.99 per day
3G/4G/5G · then 512 Kbps
1 GB per dayDaily Unlimited
$6.49 per day
3G/4G/5G · then 1 Mbps
2 GB per dayDaily Unlimited
$11.99 per day
3G/4G/5G · then 1 Mbps
3 GB per dayDaily Unlimited
$16.49 per day
3G/4G/5G · then 1 Mbps
5 GB per dayDaily Unlimited
$21.49 per day
3G/4G/5G · then 384 Kbps
10 GB per dayDaily Unlimited
$36.99 per day
3G/4G/5G · then 384 Kbps

eSIM Central Asia: what you get

Networks
4 networks in 4 countries and regions — listed below
Speed
Up to 5G where the network has it, 4G elsewhere
Where your traffic comes out
United Kingdom. Websites see that address in every country of the plan.
After the daily allowance
A Daily Unlimited pass slows to 384 Kbps, 512 Kbps, or 1 Mbps until the next day. It is never cut off. How daily passes work
Top-ups
Most packages can be topped up — the plan card says which. A Daily Unlimited pass is bought for its full number of days and cannot be extended.
Buying ahead
Install any time within 180 days of purchase. For most plans the days start counting on the first connection at the destination, not at checkout.
Calls and SMS
Data only, with no phone number. Call over a messenger; a service that verifies you by SMS cannot reach this eSIM.

Central Asia: four countries, four phone registers, none of them yours

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan each keep a register of handsets. A phone used with a local SIM has to be entered in it within about a month — with a fee in Uzbekistan — or it is cut off from the local networks, and a Silk Road route on four local SIMs means meeting that rule four times. These registers are about phones on local SIMs. A phone in international roaming is outside them, and a roaming eSIM is roaming in all four.

The plan is one allowance across the four, and a border changes nothing you have to do: Tashkent to Samarkand, over to Bishkek and on to Almaty on the same data. Turkmenistan is not part of it — hardly any travel plan includes it, and the internet there is slow and heavily filtered in any case. Plan that leg as offline.

The mountains decide the rest. On the Pamir Highway there is signal in the towns — Khorog, Murghab — and little between them, often only 2G; in the Wakhan valley expect none, and the same above the last village anywhere in Kyrgyzstan. The Kazakh steppe is empty between the cities. Carry offline maps and tell someone your route. The eSIM carries data only; Yandex Go is the taxi app in the cities.

Which plan for which trip

Messengers and maps are light. Video, calls and a laptop on a hotspot are what use data up.

How to install it

  1. 01

    Check your phone

    It has to take an eSIM and must not be locked to a carrier. Does your phone support eSIM?

  2. 02

    Scan the QR code

    After payment the QR code is on your order page. Scan it in the phone's settings — at home, over Wi-Fi.

  3. 03

    Switch it on when you land

    Turn on data roaming for the esimker line. It finds the network by itself.

Countries and regions covered: 4

Kazakhstan Beeline 4G
Kyrgyzstan Beeline 4G
Tajikistan ZET 5G, MegaFon 4G
Uzbekistan Beeline 5G

Frequently asked questions

› Do I have to register my phone's IMEI in any of the four countries?

No. The registers apply to phones on local SIMs. A phone on a roaming eSIM is in international roaming and is outside them.

› Does it work in Turkmenistan?

No. The plan covers Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Treat Turkmenistan as an offline stretch.

› Is there signal on the Pamir Highway?

In Khorog, Murghab and the larger villages, yes, though often slow. Between them and in the Wakhan valley there is usually none.

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