Idea offers roaming bonanza to all domestic, international travellers

NEW DELHI: Telecom operator Idea Cellular has announced a roaming bonanza for its 200 million customers who travel anywhere in India or abroad.

Starting 1st April 2017, Idea will offer ‘Free incoming calls’ to all its customers roaming anywhere in India. The company is announcing, effective now, a range of International Roaming Value packs with ‘Unlimited incoming calls’ and large amount of bundled outgoing voice calls, SMS & data to international travellers visiting popular destinations overseas.

Domestic Roaming

Effective 1st April 2017, Idea’s 200 million customers will enjoy free incoming calls while roaming on company’s 2G, 3G and 4G network across 400,000 towns and villages in the country. Idea is extending the free incoming calls on domestic roaming to all its Prepaid and Postpaid customers.

Idea customers will be able to make outgoing calls, SMS freely at affordable rates while roaming anywhere in India. Mobile Data tariffs and data pack benefits of home circle will be available while roaming anywhere in India, without any extra charge.

International Roaming

For International travellers, Idea now offers a wide choice of International Roaming Value packs giving free bundled usage of up to 400 outgoing minutes, 100 SMS per day, large data volume and unlimited incoming calls. These international roaming packs also come bundled with free 1GB/2GB/3GB data and overage charges as low as Rs.3 per MB to avoid bill shock to travelling customers. Customers can chose 10 day pack for short leisure travel or 30 day packs for continuous business trips or long stay.

The company has done extensive study of customer’s travel destinations, usage patterns and bill shock complaints to design a new range of value packs for handpicked destinations across Europe (15 countries), Asia (9 countries), America (USA + Canada), UK (UK + Ireland) and Middle East (UAE).

Idea’s new International Roaming Value packs, offering free incoming calls and bundled outgoing calls, SMS and large volume of data are available at an attractive price range. For value conscious customers, the packs start at Rs. 1,199 for 10 days validity and go up to Rs. 5,999 for 30 days validity, giving up to 85% savings on International Roaming charges.

According to Sashi Shankar, Chief Marketing Officer, Idea Cellular, “Backed by a pan-India mobile GSM & wireless broadband network with coverage spanning 400,000 towns and villages, Idea is now set to enable over 200 million customers to use their mobile phones freely, without having to worry about roaming charges, while they travel anywhere in the country. While incoming calls will be free, customers will also be able to enjoy Outgoing calls, SMS and Data services at affordable rates, starting 1st April.”

“The International Roaming packs are designed keeping in mind the travel trends of Indians going abroad, as well as their wireless data usage requirements, whether travelling for work or leisure”, added Shankar.

Details of International Roaming (IR) Value packs

Travel Plus, Travel Smart, Travel Lite 

* Europe will include Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, and UK

# Asia will include Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Macau, and Hong Kong