Below are some facts about international roaming and data roaming that you should whether you are calling a roaming number or on roaming, currently.
1. Highest Roaming Bill
It is reported that highest ever data roaming bill was $57,000. It was charged from an Australian traveler who visited Europe. This seems to be a huge amount. It is not yet known what services it included and for how long.
2. Automatic Roaming Charges
If you visit another country and keep your phone turned off, the carrier will still charge you because the phone update automatically. For example, when someone sends a voice message to you so you will be charged according to the visiting carrier rates. Make sure you don’t get these services if you have to keep your device off. If someone is calling a roaming number of yours, tell them to use WhatsApp or Skype.
3. Roaming Fee for Travelers
A study found out that US Businesses pay more than $690 as international roaming charges for every single traveler. This seems to be higher than any other amount and offered by any business or country.
4. Unlimited Services
It is said that Ofcom networking provider has no restriction on what the visiting carrier offers to the users when they are in England. Other home carriers have restrictions and agreements regarding what will be offered to the users and at what rates. But this carrier seems to be having no such policies.
5. International SIM Card
According to Telecompaper, one in seven persons have an international SIM card to use roaming services. This shows these people often travel and need international roaming services so they do keep an international SIM card with them.
6. $20 Per Megabyte
You will be shocked to find out that international data roaming can cost you $20 per MB if you there is no roaming solution. Like, if you are using it without any packages or deals, this will be extremely expensive for you. So always take care of this thing.
7. £2.4 Billion a Year in Roaming (3.13 Billion USD)
You would think roaming or calling a roaming number is not that much of a thing. Well, you’re wrong.
According to a report, unmanaged data roaming costs European companies £2.4 billion a year. This is literally a lot of money. They could save this huge amount if they start offering better and managed roaming services to their customers and users.
8. International Traveler
The people who often travel should know that some countries in the world don’t offer SIM card to the travelers. This is because SIM registration takes some time and includes many details. For this reason, the travelers have to live with their home carriers and use roaming services.
9. Easy Way to Understand Data Roaming
Many users can’t understand how data roaming works. Let me put it here with an example. Suppose you live in UK and went to Australia for few days. You want to send photos to your family at home. The data consumed for sending photos will not be covered by new carrier. Rather the new carrier will send this bill to your home carrier and you will get the bill details.
10. Unfair Data Roaming Fees
Most of the companies charge a lot of money in data roaming especially if you are in pay as you go mobile phone plans. The experts and studies have found these plans are really expensive and they charge unfair amount from the users.
