MTN has a wide network in South Africa, but company also offers international roaming. You can enjoy cheap international roaming and stay connected with your homeland, if you are a MTN customer. MTN has collaborated with more than 170 countries all around the world. More than 600 other networks are connected with MTN, so that its customers can enjoy good quality roaming services.
If you want to take the advantage of international roaming service of MTN, you have to plan in advance. According to the company policy you have to activate your international roaming service two weeks before you leave. However, if you have no time for that you can activate SMS roaming quickly. For that you have to dial *111*14#. If you are using Topup or PAYG plan already, there is no need to activate roaming, for you international roaming is activated by default. However, you have to make sure that your handset is compatible with the networks of that country you are visiting and make sure that you have PIN and PUK codes with you.
Although, company has many roaming partner all around the world, but you have to make sure that MTN has its roaming services in the country you are going to visit. You can check the website of company for this purpose.
MTN offers many services, if you select MTN SMS roaming, you have to pay R 1.50 for every SMS and you can send as many messages as you want. This facility is available for all the customers of MTN. You have to activate this service before you leave South Africa and once the service is activated, you will not be able to make any calls, even if you are in the country. When you come back, deactivate this service.
When you are overseas and you receive a call, the caller will be charged with standard charges and you will also be paying roaming charges. Roaming charges are different for different countries. In some countries roaming is free but in some other you have to pay as much as R 4.0.
Get detail information about roaming charges, before you think about activating this service.
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