Ringo is building one plan that works everywhere: a single subscription that carries your own phone number with you and treats every country as home. That is the full Ringo service, and it is not live yet.
In the meantime you can already buy Ringo Light. People ask us why, so here is the honest answer.
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Two products, two jobs
AVAILABLE TODAY
Ringo Light
Data eSIMs, on sale now
- Data for a trip or a region, or Global for the whole world.
- Installs next to your own SIM in a minute.
- Data only, no phone number.
BEING BUILT
The full Ringo service
Not launched yet
- One plan that works everywhere.
- Keeps your own phone number alive abroad.
- Built for people who live between countries, not only visit them.
They are separate products. Ringo Light is not an early version of the full service, and buying one does not mean you have the other.
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Light pays for the build
Ringo is self funded. The deposits from our Pioneers got us this far, and building the full service takes a lot more: carrier agreements, number porting country by country, eSIM delivery, payments in local currencies and fraud control.
Ringo Light is how Ringo starts earning. Every plan sold goes into building one plan that works everywhere. It lets us build at our own pace, for the people who will use it, rather than for whoever funds us next.
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It makes the full service better
Selling data eSIMs to real travellers is the best test we could ask for. Every Light plan runs on the same pieces the full service needs: checkout in dozens of currencies, an eSIM delivered by email in seconds, networks that connect the moment you land, and support when they do not.
Each problem we fix for a Light customer today is one the full Ringo service will not have on launch day.
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It is useful right now
You should not have to wait for us to stop paying roaming fees. If you travel this month, a Ringo Light plan gives you fast data at a fair price today, while your own SIM keeps your number reachable.
When the full Ringo service opens, it will do the part Light cannot: carry your number, and make one plan work everywhere you go.
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Questions
Is Ringo Light the full Ringo service?
No. Ringo Light is a data eSIM for your trips. The full Ringo service is one plan that works everywhere, carrying your own phone number, and it is still being built.
Does a Ringo Light plan come with a phone number?
No. It is data only. It installs next to your own SIM, so your usual number stays on your phone for calls, texts and bank codes.
Why not wait and launch everything at once?
Because Ringo is self funded. Selling data eSIMs today pays for the build, and it puts real travellers on our checkout, delivery and support long before the full service goes live.
How do I hear when the full Ringo service opens?
Join the waitlist. We will write to you when it launches.
Travelling soon?
Get a Ringo Light data eSIM today, and join the waitlist for the full Ringo service.
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