Airtel Uganda roaming is a service that allows subscribers who frequently travel to stay connected to their home network without removing their SIM cards. However, this service has been tainted with the “bad image” of being expensive. Well, yes it is but it all depends on the places you travel.
With the advent of the East African community block’s One Network Area that included six East Africa member states viz; Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, TZ and South Sudan who signed multilateral agreements. These agreements made mobile communication easier in the region to allow people make calls at the same rate as a local call. All telecom companies within the region had to scarp roaming fees for their subscribers traveling within these countries including Airtel Uganda roaming.
But, this doesn’t apply out of East Africa as for International roaming you have to pay the hefty price on each minute or for each mb you use to surf the internet. This service is automatically activated upon crossing into any one of the Airtel network partner global territories, as long as you have been pre-approved for roaming services activation before traveling. When you switch on your phone, an approved network will be automatically selected.
Airtel Uganda roaming services ensure customers connected to 550 operators in over 200 destinations doesn’t give details on particular countries rather continents and regions.
One Airtel Tariff
This roaming with Airtel enables you with continued service in over 18 Airtel Operators within African and Asia. One Airtel footprint covers the following destinations with services for voice Data and SMS
| Airtel One Network countries | Local call in visited country | Call Other local networks in visited country | Call Back Home | SMS | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 360 | 360 | 360 | 220 | 3.6 |
| Rwanda | 360 | 360 | 360 | 220 | 3.6 |
| Tchad | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Congo B | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Gabon | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Niger | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Seychelles | 1500 | 6000 | 6000 | 900 | 8 |
| Madagascar | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Ghana | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Malawi | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Zambia | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Nigeria | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| DRC | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Tanzania | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| India | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
| Bangladesh | 1500 | 2500 | 2500 | 900 | 8 |
It should be noted that data is charged per 10 KB and SMS is charged per Event. All calls are charged per Minute and incoming calls free for Kenya and Rwanda. There is a Friendly User Policy (FUP) on incoming calls applicable beyond 100 minutes at UGX 1,500.
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Global Roaming
| Zones | Local Call | Call Back Home | MTC | International | Satellite | SMS | DATA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 4200 | 11000 | 1000 | 13800 | 40000 | 1100 | 500 |
| Canada/US/South America/Caribbean | 5500 | 10000 | 1000 | 13800 | 40000 | 1100 | 350 |
| ASIA/ME/Oceania | 7000 | 11000 | 1000 | 13800 | 40000 | 1100 | 500 |
| Europe | 8500 | 12500 | 1000 | 13800 | 40000 | 1100 | 400 |
| Default rate for any country not in the zoning | 8500 | 12500 | 1000 | 13800 | 40000 | 1100 | 400 |
