How Do I Turn on International Roaming on Banglalink?

Roaming means a wireless telecommunication term typically used with cellular devices. It relates to the mobile phone being used outside the range of its domestic network and connects to another available cell network. Network of any country.

It is really helpful for personal and business purposes. Unfortunately, many people don’t know much about how they can activate roaming for their operators. To learn about every top operator roaming activation at a glance this article will help you.

How to activate international roaming

Currently, there are top 4 telecom service operators in Bangladesh providing roaming services. These are,

• Banglalink
• Grameenphone
• Airtel
• Robi         

They provide roaming services on the following terms.

Banglalink

A person who is interested in Banglalink International Roaming needs to present the following documents:

Requirements:

1. Postpaid connection with ISD facility
2. International credit card with 3 months validity.
3. Auto bill payment authorization form. or
4. photocopy of a credit card.
5. The company authorized individual needs to sign on the roaming subscription form authorizing the user of the mobile to avail of international roaming(for corporate users)
6. Agreement to settle all roaming deposit & bills from the international credit card by signing the roaming subscription form. (For corporate user)

Deposit: 

Contact their customer care center for this detail. They keep the security deposit as per their company policy.

Grameenphone

To enjoy voice calls, SMS, and data services while roaming you need to contact Grameenphone center with the following details.

Requirements:  

To get Grameenphone roaming you have to fulfill the following:

1. You have to be their postpaid customer.
2. ISD connectivity
3. Appropriately filled up International Roaming Subscription Form
4. Photocopy of an international credit card (both side) and duly signed on the photocopy
5. For foreign currency account holder, FC A/C authentication in Bank letterhead and FC A/C authentication on Company letterhead
6. Form of auto bill pay 

Deposit:   

To get a roaming subscription with auto-debit instruction, the consumers need to pay 3000 BDT. And without auto-debit instruction, consumers have to pay 10000 BDT. With auto-debit instructions, business customers don't need to submit any deposit.

Robi

You can start the roaming service of Robi by visiting their Robi Sheba or mailing the required documents to their authorized Email address.

Requirements:

1. Prepaid or postpaid sim card
2. Form fill up
3. Credit card both side copy
4. US dollar endorsement should be done for the SAARC portion
5. Passport copy of ‘Personal Information’ and ‘Dollar Endorsement’ page.
6. Fill up the Authorization for Corporate/Organization subscriber portion of the IR subscription form, ensuring KAM/ERM is aligned. (For corporate user)

Deposit:  

Least security deposit for international roaming will be 5,000 BDT. The credit limit will be similar to the security deposit amount. Credit cardholders of the following bank will enjoy zero deposit facilities. 

• Standard Chartered Bank
• Eastern Bank Limited
• United Commercial Bank Limited
• City Bank Limited

Robi Platinum & Platinum ACE subscribers will enjoy the zero deposit facility for roaming.

Airtel

Airtel gives roaming service on the fulfillment of the following terms.

Requirements:

1. Prepaid or postpaid subscription
2. Form fill up
3. International Credit/Debit card both side copy (Back part signature is compulsory ).
4. US dollar endorsement
5. Passport copy of ‘Personal Information’ and ‘Dollar Endorsement’ section
6. Fill up the Authorization for Corporate/Organization subscriber portion of the IR subscription form, ensuring KAM/ERM is aligned (applied to corporate users)

Deposit:  

The default minimum deposit for international roaming will be 5,000 BDT. The credit limit will be balanced to the security deposit amount. Same as Robi partner bank credit cardholders will get the advantage of zero deposit.

For Prepaid users, a security deposit is not required. The minimum recharge amount is $10.

All in all activating international roaming is quite easy. If you fill the required criteria the operators themselves will assist you in this process.