How Do I Turn On International Roaming On My Android?

Among all the things you have to bear in mind while traveling somewhere abroad, taking your awesome smartphone with you is generally near the top of the list. You always want to get connected, not to mention the gorgeous cameras on smartphones that are now substituting for the actual thing, and certainly, not getting lost with the assistance of Google maps and guidebooks. However, you will find one thing you’ll want to be wary of which is the charges of roaming.

 

What is Roaming?

Although the concept of roaming is more extensive and covers all types of wireless technology including Wi-Fi networks, in this case, roaming refers to the usage of another network’s coverage areas. 

Basically, if you have a cellular contract with a company in your country and you want to go abroad, in order to make a phone call, send messages, or use the Internet with your 2G, 3G, or 4G connection, your phone has to use connections available from local providers. 

 

How do you turn on Roaming on your Android Phone?

There are two ways to enable and disable roaming on your mobile device. One way is to talk to your network provider, like Banglalink in Bangladesh, and the other is to configure it manually on your phone.

If you’d prefer not to do it manually, have a look at your network provider’s official website or call its customer service number. Sometimes the service is enabled by default, otherwise, you’ll have to ask them to turn it on. The same also applies in the opposite case, if you want to disable it.

Below, I’ll show you how to disable roaming on your Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, and Blackberry. 

Android

To check whether you have roaming enabled or disabled on your Android phone, go to Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Mobile networks and look to see if the data roaming option is checked or not.
Make sure you un-check it if you don’t want to use roaming. To be sure, you should also uncheck the Enable Data option.

Another interesting option is to limit the consumption of mobile data to avoid getting a shock when the bill comes. Go to Settings > Wireless & networks > Data usage and enable the Set mobile data limit option. You can then set the limit in the chart displayed below.
 
If you’re with a network provider that offers affordable roaming rates, you need to go to the same section, Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Mobile networks, and then Network operators. After scanning for networks, it will show the available network providers.
 
Now the question is, which sim operator you should choose in terms of activating the roaming service especially for the citizen of Bangladesh. To do that you have to contact your mobile network operator. Below sharing of how can you turn on international roaming on your Android phone.

Here in Bangladesh, there are four different types of operators you could go for.
The first one is Banglalink, the second one is the Grameen Phone, the third one is Robi, and last but not least is Airtel.

 

Banglalink

Banglalink has already earned a huge popularity when it comes to the best roaming service in Bangladesh. They have a number of different prepaid roaming services and roaming bill-payment options available for their customers. Apart from that, you’ll also find a number of Roaming Useful Information and tips on their website.

If you are planning to travel abroad within a very short period of time, you can visit their Travelling with Banglalink roaming network to get a bunch of useful information.

Also to know all the latest Banglalink Roaming Rates, head over to Banglalink website.

Grameenphone

Similar to Banglalink, Grameenphone also has a number of different roaming packages available for their customers. Currently, they have 4 types of roaming packages available.

Standard Roaming: Here customer can enjoy voice, SMS and data services. Applicable for the postpaid user.
Basic Roaming: Here customer will enjoy voice and SMS services. Flexible migration is available.
Data Roaming: This service is applicable for the postpaid user. They can enjoy data and SMS service while roaming.
SMS Roaming: Applicable for the both postpaid and prepaid user. Here they can enjoy only SMS service. 

 

Robi 

One of the biggest benefits of using Robi in terms of roaming is that it is pretty much easy to activate.
They have offered unlimited roaming offers. To enjoy this offer users have to activate the roaming service from the Robi website roaming page. Users can directly activate the roaming option from the My Robi App as well.

Airtel

No matter which country you go to, to stay connected with your friends, family, and business, the number 1 network of friends Airtel has been providing roaming service across the globe. The favourite and popular destinations and the places around the world identified as most important for business purposes are under cover of Airtel’s roaming service. So while packing bags for heading out to your abroad destination keep one thing aside to worry. Connecting with your desired person will not be a problem.