Mayotte eSIM
Data for Mayotte on SFR Mayotte, Orange Mayotte and Only, from $5.89. It never expires, tethering is included, and refills land on the line you already have, with nothing new to install.
- Networks
- SFR Mayotte, Orange Mayotte and Only
- Typical speed
- 23.2 Mbps typical, 1.8 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans for Mayotte
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.34 | $26.89 |
Every plan works the moment you land. Unused data returns to your wallet when the line closes, and customers get at least 100 MB of free rescue data a month even at zero balance.
What 23.2 Mbps actually means in Mayotte
Typical download speed on Orbislo in Mayotte: 23.2 Mbps. That is below the Africa median of 30 Mbps, so plan around it rather than being surprised by it.
The tenth percentile drops to 1.8 Mbps, a long way below the median. In practice that means Mayotte is quick when the cell is quiet and difficult when it is not. Download your maps and your boarding passes before you need them.
Maps, messaging, ride hailing and payment apps all work without complaint. Video calls connect but will drop resolution, and streaming is better set to standard definition than left on automatic. Tethering a laptop works for email and documents rather than for calls.
Which networks you will be on
Orbislo carries traffic in Mayotte on SFR Mayotte, Orange Mayotte and Only. Your phone is not tied to one of them. When the network you are attached to congests or drops, the profile moves you to the other, and it happens without a prompt and without you noticing anything except that the connection kept working.
This matters more than the headline speed. Almost every travel eSIM sold today resells a single upstream agreement per country, so when that one network has a bad hour you have a bad hour with it and your only option is to buy a second eSIM from somebody else. A profile with more than one network behind it can make a decision you never see.
5G in Mayotte: yes, standalone. Worth knowing that 5G on a travel profile is normal rather than special, and that the tenth percentile above is the number that will decide how the trip feels, not the generation label in the status bar.
What data costs in Mayotte
A 1 GB plan for Mayotte starts at $5.89, which is $5.89 a gigabyte. That is the number to compare between providers, because a headline price attached to a different allowance tells you nothing.
The comparison most providers would rather you did not run is cost per gigabyte actually used. Independent surveys of travel data put the share of purchased data lost to expiry between 20 and 35 percent, because a plan that expires on day thirty deletes what you did not get through. Orbislo data has no expiry date, so the gigabyte you paid for is still there on the next trip. At the same headline price that is 25 to 40 percent more usable data, and in Mayotte it means the effective cost is nearer $4.24 a gigabyte than $5.89.
Because nothing expires, the cheapest way to buy for Mayotte is to buy slightly less than you think you need and top up if you run out. Topping up takes about ten seconds and does not involve installing anything. Buying too much is the expensive mistake everywhere else and merely a neutral one here.
Landing in Mayotte
Install before you fly, on your home wifi. The profile downloads while you still have a connection you trust, then sits dormant until you land in Mayotte and it attaches to SFR Mayotte.
On landing there is one thing to check: data roaming has to be switched on for the Orbislo line. It is off by default on both iOS and Android, and it has nothing to do with roaming charges here, because the plan is prepaid and there is no bill to run up. Turn it on for the Orbislo line and leave it off for your home line, and your home number keeps working for calls and bank codes without costing anything.
Worth knowing about Mayotte
- Roaming inside French territory is governed by article L. 34-10 of the code des postes et des communications electroniques, which applies the operator obligations of EU regulation 531/2012 to overseas roaming rather than leaving the terms to each operator.
- The same article removes the overseas roaming surcharge on voice calls and text messages from 1 May 2016 for customers of a company that operates a radio network in the overseas territories.
How Mayotte compares across Africa
- Regional typical speed
- 29.5 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 3, SFR Mayotte, Orange Mayotte, Only
- 5G
- Yes, in Mamoudzou and Koungou, and all three operators sell it
- Next fastest nearby
- Zambia, 24 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Madagascar, 22 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Mamoudzou
