Advanced Tips for International Roaming
When you take your smart phone overseas, you’ll no longer be using the mobile data network belonging to your wireless carrier. Once overseas, your phone will be in data roaming mode which means you’re not using your data plan and will have to pay for each megabyte of data your phone sends or receives (depending on which country).
It is recommended to monitor your usage on your mobile phone to minimise the cost of your next bill. All charges are excluded from your standard plan allowance and attract significantly higher rates. You will be charged higher rates to make and receive calls, send SMS and MMS (picture messages) and access email and the web. Prices will differ according to the country you are visiting. For international roaming rates applicable to Netspace please see our Mobile Voice International Roaming rates.
Excess data charges on your smart phone can amount to an expensive phone bill. Make sure you switch off the “Data Roaming” setting in your phone. This setting can usually be found under the Network menu, however it is highly recommended to check your mobile phones manual. If you don’t switch this setting off, you risk incurring expensive roaming charges when using email, MMS, web browsing and other data services.
Please be advised that this page is designed to guide you through the steps on how to turn off automatic email updates and data roaming on popular smart phone handsets. For more information please consult your handset manual or manufacture.
How to turn off automatic email updates
How to switch data roaming off
How to turn off automatic email updates
iPhone — OS 3.0
- Settings
- Mail, Contacts, Calendars
- Fetch New Data
- Set Push to OFF
- Make sure to set Fetch to Manual
Android
- Press Menu key
- Tap Settings
- Tap Accounts & sync
- Select the email account
- Mail Contacts, Calendars (Tick = ON, NO TICK = OFF)
- Tap Schedule > Choose the suitable options available. (With these devices there is the option to set peak and off-peak times and have push email, manual email fetching, or preselected fetching e.g. every 5, 10, 15, 30 mins)
Blackberry
- Go to options
- Network (or mobile network)
- Select data service
- Change to off (please note you should be able to access this option from the main screen under Manage Connections)
Windows 7 Mobile
- Tap Settings
- Tap email & accounts
- Select the email account
- Tap Email, Contacts, Calendars (Tick = ON, NO TICK =OFF)
- Tap beneath download new content (Select from the options of as items arrive, every 15 minutes, every 30 minutes hourly or manually)
How to switch data roaming off
iPhone
- Settings
- General
- Network
- Data Roaming > OFF
For more information on this process please browse to the official Apple Website
Blackberry
- View the home screen
- Click on the Manage connections icon
- Click on Mobile Network Options
- Switch Data Services to OFF
For newer Blackberrys, to receive a prompt when roaming that allows you to turn on or off data services, change the the While Roaming field to Prompt. For more information on this process please browse to the official Blackberry website: Blackberry Website
Android
International data roaming is normally turned off by default on Android phones. To activate mobile internet while using International Roaming with your HTC Desire or Wildfire, please follow these steps:
- Press Menu key
- Tap Settings
- Tap Wireless & networks
- Tap Mobile Networks
- Tap Data roaming (Tick = ON, No TICK = OFF)
Windows 7 Mobile
International data roaming is normally turned off by default on Windows Phone 7 handsets. To activate mobile internet while using International Roaming with your 7 Mozart or HD7, please follow these three steps:
- Tap Settings
- Tap Mobile Network
- Select the data roaming option (Roam = ON, DON'T ROAM = OFF)
