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Etisalat roaming May 22, 2007
Does anyone know if a wasal prepaid sim card is charged for receiving calls when roaming abroad, or is only to make calls?

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May 22, 2007
Wasel (pre-paid) roams by default as long as you have enough credit. To receive calls & SMS for sure it can. For making calls when roaming, I haven't tried it.

Post-paid doesn't roam by default. You need to make deposit of 2000 AED to enable it.
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May 22, 2007
xty wrote:Wasel (pre-paid) roams by default as long as you have enough credit. To receive calls & SMS for sure it can. For making calls when roaming, I haven't tried it.

Post-paid doesn't roam by default. You need to make deposit of 2000 AED to enable it.


You mean I can just go to Saudi and Oman and I'll still receive calls? Interesting. Although once we were stranded in Oman and I think we were not able to make calls though (or maybe we just saw the Oman Mobile logo and didn't try, I don't remember).
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May 22, 2007
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xty wrote:Wasel (pre-paid) roams by default as long as you have enough credit. To receive calls & SMS for sure it can. For making calls when roaming, I haven't tried it.

Post-paid doesn't roam by default. You need to make deposit of 2000 AED to enable it.


You mean I can just go to Saudi and Oman and I'll still receive calls? Interesting. Although once we were stranded in Oman and I think we were not able to make calls though (or maybe we just saw the Oman Mobile logo and didn't try, I don't remember).


You certainly do get charged for receiving calls, and it is not cheap.

I was in London last week, made and received about 10 phonecalls and it cost over 200 dirhams.

Thanks Bleakus BTW, you owe me about 4 dirhams... lol!
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May 22, 2007
It's bloody expensive and you can't send SMS messages.
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May 22, 2007
Chocoholic wrote:It's bloody expensive and you can't send SMS messages.


You can now.
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May 22, 2007
you can even make fone calls.

I believe if you register with Etisalat the country youre visiting, you can make calls. You are charged about 20% + intl charges - Outrageous...
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May 22, 2007
I know you can make phone calls, but can never figure out how to SMS, it just never works.
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May 23, 2007
Chocoholic wrote:I know you can make phone calls, but can never figure out how to SMS, it just never works.


It just works for me. I don't do anything different, just make sure you're roaming with O2 or Vodaphone in the UK, not Orange or T-Mobile.
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May 23, 2007
Never go to the UK, don't know about that. But in Egypt, Lebanon, Bahrain etc you can't text, only call.
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May 23, 2007
All depends on the service provider chocs. Also, for post paid if its under a corporate account you don't have to put down the 2k deposit for roaming - just call to activate.
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May 23, 2007
Under Wasl you can call whilst roaming now, which is great. But it would be better if I could SMS, but it's not possible.
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May 23, 2007
here is a list of countries and what roaming services are available:

http://www.etisalat.ae/assets/downloads ... nglist.pdf
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May 24, 2007
Chocoholic wrote:Under Wasl you can call whilst roaming now, which is great. But it would be better if I could SMS, but it's not possible.


No, no I was referring to the service provider you pick up whilst roaming with regards to your sms services.
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May 24, 2007
XRW-147 wrote:Also, for post paid if its under a corporate account you don't have to put down the 2k deposit for roaming - just call to activate.

Only when the company is owned by UAE national.
I have corporate number but owned by expat (office in DIC).

From Etisalat site:
How to Subscribe

UAE Nationals:
International Roaming is automatically provided to all UAE nationals subscribing to our Postpaid service, as well as to companies fully owned by UAE nationals

Expatriates: Non-UAE nationals and companies not fully owned by UAE nationals have to apply to use the service. AED 2000 is required as a security deposit. Your deposit is refundable at the time of cancellation/disconnection of the International Roaming Service.
Alternatively, you may present a bank guarantee or company guarantee at any Etisalat branch before using the service.
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May 24, 2007
Thanks for elaborating xty, but you still don't have to pay 2k - company guarantee suffices.
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