Etisalat introduces its Prepaid Data Roaming Service, which enables all new and existing prepaid subscribers (excluding “enuf yarn”) enjoy affordable and uninterrupted access to emails, chats, blackberry services, internet browsing, audio and video streaming with their Blackberry device or any internet enabled phones while roaming abroad in any of its prepaid data roaming destinations. This is in addition to voice and SMS services.

Prepaid data roaming is available to prepaid subscribers by default; customers simply need to switch on their devices on arrival in the roaming destination and the networks name or code and type of data technology supported, will appear on the handset. This could either be GRPS, EDGE or 3G which must appear in uppercase to start enjoying data services.

Customers who wish to also enjoy blackberry services on any of our prepaid data roaming options must ensure that they have an active daily, weekly or monthly blackberry plan, which can be purchased before travelling or whilst in the roaming destination, as this will enable them access the blackberry services with their devices.

The introduction of our prepaid data Roaming provides the subscriber with 2 options: Data Plans and Pay as you go.

With the pay as you go option, all customer need to do is load airtime on their lines before travelling and on arrival abroad; they will be connected to the internet. This option provides flexibility and cost control as customers pay for only what they use. Customers can recharge their lines before travelling or whilst in the roaming environment and also receive e-top up, balance transfers.

The data roaming plan, another first of its kind, enables all prepaid customers manage their roaming costs by providing the flexibility of pre-purchasing data before travelling abroad or whilst abroad. Usage of the purchased plan will only commence when the customer arrives in their destination abroad.

The prepaid Roaming Data Plan also gives our customers the best data roaming rates of as low as 23 kobo per kb when they purchase the 100MB plan. With the successful purchase of any of our Prepaid Data Roaming Plans, all subsequent data activities (BB chats, browsing, sending & receiving emails etc ) will be deducted from the purchased plan account until it is exhausted, after which the ‘Pay as you go’ data roaming rates for each destination will apply until the subscriber purchases another roaming plan.