How to Activate International Roaming on Vodafone Number?

Whether you have to travel to a foreign country due to a business purpose or plan a trip with friends and family, you would need to activate the IR pack to save yourself from the exuberant mobile bill or payment.

In case you are a Vodafone user (postpaid or prepaid user), you can directly visit the official website and activate international roaming on a Vodafone number without any hassle. Read more to know how you can activate international roaming on your Vodafone prepaid or postpaid number.

Ways to Activate International Roaming on Vodafone Number

Here is good news for all the Vodafone subscribers who are planning a trip to foreign countries. They can now easily activate international roaming in simple ways. Follow the below-listed steps in order to activate international roaming on your registered number. Users can check Vodafone numbers in the following ways.

Type  ROAM along with the name of the country and the SMS to 199. Soon you will get all the details related to charges and tie-ups.

How To Activate International Roaming On Vodafone Prepaid Network?

In case you have Vodafone prepaid number, you would have to follow the below-listed steps.

• Go to Vodafone’s official website and click on international roaming.
• Select prepaid.
• Subsequently, enter your registered Vodafone number.
• Then select the destination you wish to travel.
• Enter the exact place.
• Then enter the duration of your trip.
• After this, you would have to select the travel pack.
• Click on Activate Now.
• Enter the OTP.
• Click on the payment gateway and complete the payment.
• Soon the roaming would be activated in your number.

Alternatively,

International roaming services for most of the circles are preactivated. However, Vodafone subscribers from Kolkata, West Bengal, and Orissa and Bihar circles would have to send SMS- ACT IR to toll-free number-144. You wouldn’t be charged a single penny until your phone is not used on international roaming, but you would be charged Rs. 99 for the next 28 days, on using the facilities listed here:

• Outgoing calls.
• Answering the incoming call.
• Sending SMS.
• Making use of GPRS

Note: If you wish to continue the international roaming, the service charge of Rs.99 will be recurred every 28 days.

If you activate your number with an international roaming pack before leaving India, you would not be charged the international roaming service, i.e., Rs. 99.

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How to Activate International Roaming on Vodafone Postpaid Online?

All the Vodafone postpaid users now you can easily activate international roaming for your Vodafone number by following the steps listed below.

• Visit MyVI (Vodafone Idea).
• Click to international roaming.
• Click on Postpaid
• Enter your Vodafone postpaid number.
• Select the destination of your travel from the options listed.
• Then choose your travel duration.
• Subsequently, choose your travel pack.
• If you wish, you can also select the future date to activate international roaming on your Vodafone postpaid.
• Click on Activate and then click to Complete your Order.
• Enter the OTP.
• Select the mode of payment and complete the payment process.
• Soon the selected roaming pack would be activated on your postpaid Vodafone number.

Alternatively,

• Dial 199 from your registered Vodafone postpaid number and connect with a Vodafone executive in order to activate international roaming on your postpaid number.
• You can also send an SMS ACT to 199.

Within half an hour, the international roaming services would be activated on your number. You can choose to pay a roaming deposit through the online platforms, or you can visit the nearest Vodafone customer care center and make the payment within 24 hours.

How to Deactivate International Roaming on Vodafone Number

Once your trip is over or if the trip is canceled to a foreign destination, you can deactivate international roaming on your Vodafone number.

• SMS-CAN IR and send it to toll-free number-199

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Benefits of International Roaming on Vodafone Number

• Unlimited calls and data.
• You would need only one IR pack for 80 countries.
• You will not have to pay an exuberant amount.
• You can activate an international roaming pack according to your convenience.

Vodafone-Idea IR Packs

Vodafone has currently come up with three IR packs that might be available for the destination that you plan to visit. The first Vodafone IR pack is priced at Rs. 295 and provides validity of 28 days. It offers 40 minutes of incoming and outgoing calls from and to India.

The outgoing SMS is priced at Rs. 15 per SMS. In order to avail of the net pack, one would be charged Rs 10 per MB. This pack applies to 42 countries.

Another Vodafone International pack that you can choose is priced at Rs. 149 gives you the validity of 14 days and provides 300 minutes of outgoing and incoming calls. The pack also provides 1GB of data usage, and SMS would be charged Rs. 15 per SMS. This pack would be applicable in more than 40 countries.

The third Vodafone IR pack is priced at Rs. 6995. The validity of the same plan is 28 days. You can get unlimited calls of 120 minutes per day for outgoing to the country and local.

The outgoing SMS in this pack is free and provides 15GB data usage. This pack is functional in 69 countries.

Conclusion

IR packs are bliss for people who frequently travel to foreign countries. There are various international roaming packs available for Vodafone subscribers. You can easily activate international roaming on your Vodafone number instantly.

FAQs

1. How do I activate international roaming?

Above, we have listed all the steps that would help you to activate international roaming on your Vodafone number.

2. When should I activate international roaming?

You should activate international roaming before going on the trip in order to avoid service charges.