When you travel out of your country, it is not a guarantee that you will stay in close touch with your friends and relatives back home. As soon as you cross the borders, you won’t access mobile network on your phone any more.
Save for the quick ones that get a SIM card soon enough in the foreign land, you might wait longer than you expected to achieve this. That is when data roaming comes in.
It is the continued data service that your phone receives when you go outside of your mobile operator’s cellular network (coverage area). This lets you make calls and access Internet internationally due to agreements between your provider and other network operators.
MTN Uganda has now come up with a similar innovation to ease communication when travelling, and to make the travelers’ life even easier, with the launch of the International Data Roaming Bundles.
MTN Uganda has international roaming agreements with over 287 GSM operators In 134 countries. Customers can take their MTN number when they travel abroad and keep connected to contacts both at home in Uganda and rest of the world.
The new offering from MTN will allow travellers load bundled offers for voice, SMS and data that allows them access the same communication services abroad just as they did when at home in Uganda.
MTN Uganda’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Olivier Prentout says that customers travelling overseas did not have international data roaming bundles for voice, SMS and data which forced them to use alternative service providers in the diaspora.
“The process of getting a new sim card or looking for an internet connection was a tedious one. With the launch of this new innovative international roaming bundle, we believe this offer will provide uninterrupted communication access regardless of where they travel to” he said.
He as well noted that when travelling overseas, the international data roaming bundles will offer a great way to reduce communication costs by enabling one have their mobile phone active (voice,data, text).
“By using the international roaming bundles, one is able to stay in touch with friends and family while overseas, and also means that you won’t miss important calls from clients as they can still reach you on your known mobile phone number while also accessing internet services as it were when in Uganda. This means one doesn’t have to purchase a new sim card and internet services”
How does the MTN International Data Roaming Plan help?
It does away with the endless purchase of new SIM cards; the effortless access to Wi-Fi that doesn’t work or has endless T&Cs; Missing out on opportunities that come and go due to lack of internet access; as well as missing out on valuable communication time with friends, colleagues and family when travelling.
