BSNL International Roaming for Prepaid or Postpaid Mobile Service

Does BSNL International roaming services will provide on SIM card by default? Is international roaming available on BSNL prepaid, if having how can we activate BSNL prepaid international roaming? What are the new BSNL international roaming plans? Can I receive SMS in abroad without International roaming in BSNL SIM card? Where we have to find BSNL International roaming countries list? Will International charges differed for each country, how to find them?

BSNL provides International roaming services in 476 networks across the world at about 195 countries and the international roaming countries list covers every corner of the world.

At present BSNL International roaming facility is available for Prepaid and Postpaid mobile customers having the broadest coverage across the globe at cheapest charges with new BSNL International Roaming plans.

International Roaming in Foreign operator’s mobile network requires a genuine, compatible mobile handset working in the frequency of that mobile operator bands used by the fibers in the new country visited. Operator introduces BSNL International roaming for voice calling along with data and SMS roaming facility across the world.

International Roaming Charges

The charges are variable depending on the foreign operators. The detailed BSNL International roaming charges of various countries and coverage is updated regularly as and when occurs.

All the Voice calls including BSNL International roaming customer care number are chargeable while the customer generates the call from overseas. The charges are operator dependent and charged for a 60-second pulse and SMS is charged for 160 characters for one outgoing SMS after that it will treats as 2 SMS.

Direct GPRS International Roaming has been launched by BSNL Commercially as on 21.06.2011 with 131 foreign operators in 83 countries. The Charges for GPRS/Data usage will charge concerning the volume of data sent or received, these charges are variable and utterly dependent on foreign operators, the local plans for GPRS/Blackberry which you have selected already are not valid in overseas

BSNL Prepaid International Roaming

BSNL has launched Outbound CAMEL (PrePaid) roaming in the month of October 2017 for the customers of BSNL roaming in the network of M/s Etisalat, UAE.

Later on, BSNL PrePaid International Roaming for outbound customers of BSNL prepaid recharge plans has also been launched with 10 more operators for PAN India customers namely M/s Omantel (Oman), M/s TMobile (USA), M/s Mobitel(Sri Lanka), M/s Ooredoo (Myanmar), M/s Zain (Saudi Arabia), M/s Etisalat/Mobility (Saudi Arabia), M/s Vodafone (Ukraine), M/s NTT Docomo (Japan), M/s Ncell (Nepal), M/s Ooredoo (Qatar), M/s HKT (Hong Kong). Further, more operators are in pipeline to launch BSNL prepaid international roaming in many countries.

Let’s have a look about each countries BSNL international roaming prepaid packs.

What to do if BSNL international roaming not working?

In prepaid services, you have to check, whether your recharge subscription is expired or not. If expired, just recharge with International roaming pack for every 30days of international stay. After recharge, your number will activate the said facility automatically. Where in BSNL postpaid mobile services, you have to follow the guidelines and activation procedure mentioned below.

Suggestion: Recharging BSNL international roaming pack before the expiry date leads to do not disconnecting the facility and does not take time for activation of the same again during vacation.

BSNL International Roaming USA

PAN India Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited launches Outbound CAMEL roaming services for mobile customers to travel to the USA. It is nothing but BSNL International roaming USA for prepaid cellular customers in association with M/s TMobile network of USA.

For this new BSNL International roaming USA facility, operator has designed the below-mentioned charges for prepaid usage. It explicitly mentioned separately for local and national mobile-originated voice calls, SMS, and data usage in the USA.

International Roaming Charges for USA

These are the charges when a prepaid BSNL mobile customer is in USA. These rates are applicable for each occasion when incoming and outgoing calls originated and terminated followed by SMS, data.

Item	International Tariff
Mobile Originated calls(Local & National)	Rs. 90.66/Minute
Mobile Originated calls to India	Rs. 151.41/ Minute
Mobile terminated calls	Rs. 76.16/Minute
Mobile-originated SMS	Rs. 27.20
Mobile Terminated SMS	0
Data (GPRS)	Rs. 77.06/100KB
Mobile Originated call to other countries	Tariff in Rs. /Minute
Zone 1	151.41
Zone 2	322.76
Zone 3	575.72
Zone 4 ( satellite)	783.34
USA/Canada/ US Territories	90.66
Premium Rate Nos.	68
US Directory Service	90.66
Emergency and Customer Care	0

Will the existing STV’s works to reduce the tariff?

• The existing BSNL international roaming packs do not work abroad (roaming locations). All the current ISD STV’s will reduce the tariff of outgoing calls generated from India.

Are there any separate BSNL international plans?

• At present, BSNL launches prepaid international roaming as a new product for the USA. As on date, there are no separate BSNL International plans.

USA International roaming SIM card

How to get International roaming SIM to work in the United States?

• The existing SIM card does not for International Roaming. Rush directly to nearest BSNL service center and ask for replacement of SIM with USA International roaming SIM card.

Is there any separate BSNL International roaming application form to get the new SIM card?

• There are no forms to submit. Approach nearest CSC of your circle and follow BSNL SIM replacement procedure with the International roaming SIM USA. CSC staff will process it with your Aadhaar biometrics.

Zone 1 Countries for International Roaming USA charges

These are the list of countries covered under Zone 1 to charge at separate rates and right mentioned is the country codes.

COUNTRY NAME	CC
Argentina	54
Australia	61
Austria	43
Bangladesh	880
Belgium	32
Bermuda	1 Prefix 1441
Brazil	55
Bulgaria	359
Cambodia	855
Chile	56
China	86
Colombia	57
Costa Rica	506
Croatia	385
Cyprus	357
The Czech Republic	420
Denmark	45
The Dominican Republic	1 Prefix 1809
1 Prefix 1829
1 Prefix 1849
Estonia	372
Finland	358
France	33
French Guiana	594
Germany	49
Greece	30
Guadeloupe	590
Hong Kong	852
Hungary	36
Iceland	354
India	91
Indonesia	62
Ireland	353
Israel	972
Italy	39
Kazakhstan	7 Prefix76
Kazakhstan	7 Prefix 77
The Korea Republic	82
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	856
Latvia	371
Lithuania	370
Malaysia	60
Malta	356
Martinique	596
Mexico	52
Mongolia	976
Netherlands	31
New Zealand	64
Nigeria	234
Norway	47
Panama	507
Paraguay	595
Peru	51
Poland	48
Portugal	351
Romania	40
Russian Federation	7
Singapore	65
Slovakia	421
Slovenia	386
South Africa	27
Spain	34
Sweden	46
Taiwan	886
Thailand	66
Turkey	90
The United Kingdom	44
Uruguay	598
Uzbekistan	998
Venezuela, the Bolivarian Republic	58
Vietnam	84

Zone 2 Countries list for International Roaming USA charges

All the below are the list of countries and their codes under Zone 2 service for charging of voice calls, SMS, and data.

COUNTRY NAME	Country Code (CC)
Angola	244
Anguilla	1 Prefix1264
Armenia	374
Aruba	297
Bahamas	1 Prefix 1242
Bahrain	973
Barbados	1 Prefix 1246
Bhutan	975
Bolivia (Plurinational State)	591
Botswana	267
British Virgin Islands	1 Prefix 1284
Cameroon	237
Cayman Islands	1 Prefix 1345
Dominica	1 Prefix 1767
Ecuador	593
Egypt	20
El Salvador	503
Equatorial Guinea	240
Faroe Islands	298
Georgia	995
Gibraltar	350
Grenada	1 Prefix 1473
Guatemala	502
Guyana	592
Honduras	504
Iraq	964
Japan	81
Jordan	962
Kenya	254
Kuwait	965
Kyrgyzstan	996
Lebanon	961
Lesotho	266
Liechtenstein	423
Luxembourg	352
Macao	853
Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic	389
Malawi	265
Mauritius	230
The Moldova Republic	373
Montserrat	1 Prefix 1664
Morocco	212
Mozambique	258
Namibia	264
Nepal	977
Netherlands Antilles	599
New Caledonia	687
Nicaragua	505
Pakistan	92
Palestine State	970
Philippines	63
Qatar	974
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1 Prefix 1869
Saint Lucia	1 Prefix 1758
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 Prefix 1784
Saudi Arabia	966
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1 Prefix 1721
Sri Lanka	94
Suriname	597
Swaziland	268
Switzerland	41
The Syrian Arab Republic	963
Tajikistan	992
Trinidad and Tobago	1 Prefix 1868
Turkmenistan	993
Turks and Caicos Islands	1 Prefix 1649
Ukraine	380
United Arab Emirates	971
Yemen	967
Zambia	260

Zone 3 Countries list for BSNL International Roaming USA charges

The below Zone 3 countries ends with Zimbabwe and the list contains the country name and code to identify on which the tariff applicable

COUNTRY NAME	Country Code
Afghanistan	93
Albania	355
Algeria	213
Andorra	376
Antarctica	672
Antigua And Barbuda	1 Prefix 1268
Ascension	247
Azerbaijan	994
Belarus	375
Belize	501
Benin	229
Bosnia And Herzegovina	387
Brunei Darussalam	673
Burkina Faso	226
Burundi	257
Cape Verde	238
The central African Republic	236
Chad	235
Comoros	269
Congo	242
The Congo Democratic Republic	243
Cook Islands	682
Cuba	53
Cuba (Guantanamo Bay)	53 Prefix 539
Cote d’Ivoire	225
Diego Garcia	246
Djibouti	253
East Timor	670
Eritrea	291
Ethiopia	251
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	500
Fiji	679
French Polynesia	689
Gabon	241
Gambia	220
Ghana	233
Greenland	299
Guinea	224
Guinea-Bissau	245
Haiti	509
Iran, the Islamic Republic	98
Jamaica	1 Prefix 1876
Kiribati	686
Liberia	231
Libya	218
Madagascar	261
Maldives	960
Mali	223
Marshall Islands	692
Mauritania	222
Mayotte	262
Micronesia, the Federated States	691
Monaco	377
Montenegro	382
Myanmar	95
Nauru	674
Niger	227
Niue	683
Norfolk Islands	672
Oman	968
Palau	680
Papua New Guinea	675
Rwanda	250
Réunion	262
Saint Helena	290
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	508
Samoa	685
San Marino	378
Sao Tome and Principe	239
Senegal	221
Serbia	381
Seychelles	248
Sierra Leone	232
Solomon Islands	677
Somalia	252
The South Sudan Republic	211
Sudan The Republic	249
Tanzania, the United Republic	255
Togo	228
Tokelau	690
Tonga	676
Tunisia	216
Tuvalu	688
Uganda	256
Vanuatu	678
Wallis and Futuna	681
Zimbabwe	263

INMARSAT list for BSNL International Roaming USA charges

The list contains satellite connectivity of each ocean with country codes.

COUNTRY NAME	Country Code
Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean-East)	871
Inmarsat (Pacific Ocean)	872
Inmarsat (India Ocean)	873
Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean-West)	874
Inmarsat	870
Globalstar	881
Satellite	882

BSNL International Roaming USA charges in USA / Canada / U.S. Territories

Final list contains the territories of USA Islands, Fire, Police, Ambulance and premium rate numbers etc as mentioned below.

COUNTRY NAME	Country Code
USA	1
Canada	1
American Samoa	1 Prefix 1684
Guam	1 Prefix 1671
The Northern Mariana Islands	1 Prefix 1670
Puerto Rico	1 Prefix 1787
The Virgin Islands, U.S.	1 Prefix 1340
Premium Rate Nos.	18772099303
U.S. Directory Services
The United States	1 Number Range 12005551212-19995551212
Emergency
Emergency	1 Shortcode 911
Fire, Police, Ambulance	1 Shortcode 112

The above are the complete details about BSNL prepaid International roaming USA tariff. Check all the charges before you avail International roaming USA so that you can’t lose your money on any interval.

How to Activate BSNL International Roaming in Postpaid

1. An application should submit along with two photos & passport copy for International Roaming to concerned BSNL authorities.
2. He/she will charge Rs. 5000 as security deposit which was refundable and Rs. 99 as monthly rent for international roaming facility in addition to the standard plan charges and usage.
3. After payment of a deposit, he/she will provide the International Roaming facility on subscribed BSNL postpaid 4G plans as an Addon service.
4. Before you leave, check that your roaming function activates or not by merely calling BSNL 24 hours customer service helpline 18001801503.
5. After the arrival into foreign country insert the BSNL International Roaming SIM card in the mobile handset, switch on the handset.
6. Go to Menu & click on CellOne and select as International.
7. By selecting this, you will get a message – “Cellone and Partner Network.”
8. Select the option Cellone then you will get the message “Cellone International Selected.”If not works then, please select the network manually by selecting Setting then Network in your phone).

BSNL international roaming guidelines

• The mobile facility would be available for International Roaming option only while you are abroad.
• While within India, keep this setting to National.(Go to Menu, Select CellOne or BSNL Mobile and then select as National)
• Roaming in Foreign operator’s mobile network requires a compatible Handset which is capable of working in frequency bands used by the networks in the country visited.
• Check the Handset compatibility with Network frequency (GSM MHz 850/900/1800/1900) before traveling outside India and make sure that your handset will work in the country you are moving to Japan & Korea support 3G Hand Set, USA & Canada supports 1900 MHz Hand Set.
• To call back home dial the number with “+91”.
• Certain GPRS based applications viz. GPS, Facebook, Blackberry messenger or any other instant messaging application etc. continuously consume data bandwidth leading to high Data-Roaming charges even when you are not using the same.
• This applies to smartphones and high-end GPRS capable handsets which poll (communicate with) the home network continuously.
• BSNL advises you to take an informed decision to keep these applications switched-on, while you are overseas. For any assistance in the matter, please call our customer helpline.

BSNL International Roaming Customer Care

If you encounter any difficulties while roaming abroad, you can book your complaint at www.ir.bsnl.co.in or contact BSNL via phone by calling 24 hours customer care at +919434024365. In aim to respond quickly for those customer who have no chance to contact over phone can lodge their grievence through online portal option at ir.bsnl.co. in/cutomer_ care.jsp.

• Login to portal and submit your details like Name, Mobile, Visiting country, contact number, email ID, problem facing at abroad.
• After submission, concerned nodal officer relates to BSNL International roaming will contact you and solves the problem.

Loss/Theft of SIM card or mobile phone while overseas should be reported to BSNL immediately at 18001801503. In case the theft has not declared all usage immediately till the time of reporting will be payable by the GSM Mobile Customer Only.

BSNL International Data Roaming Charges

There is no separate plans for BSNL International data usage. All the charges are as per the mobile operator of that country visited.

• Ex:- If a customer of BSNL mobile visited United States, then he/she will charge as per M/s TMobile (USA) tariff.

The best option for utilizing data and to save your money in the form of data charges is opting for BSNL International WiFi hotspot. There is no extra charges, just subscribing WiFi hotspot pack and use unlimited data Internationally. For calling service, you must have to activate BSNL Internatonal roaming and for data International WiFi hotspots is an option.