How to activate Etisalat Roaming? Unstoppable Service
International roaming is mandatory if you are willing to use your home network abroad while traveling. Your favorite network Etisalat also offers international roaming service. You can activate Etisalat Roaming by following simple steps, to stay connected to the internet, Make & receive calls, or use its Short messaging abroad.
Etisalat provides high-quality international connectivity to its subscribers with affordable and convenient roaming packages to stay connected, no matter where you travel.
Benefits of Activating Etisalat Roaming
As Etisalat subscribes you can enjoy seamless connectivity with its roaming service without switching to another network. Here are some benefits to enjoy while using Etisalat International Roaming:
- You can still connect with your original Etisalat number without buying any other local SIM card just like in UAE.
- You can send & receive messages with your original SIM card.
- Etisalat international roaming subscribers can receive calls while abroad.
- Etisalat subscribers can make outgoing.
- You can subscribe to voice and data roaming packs.
Etisalat Roaming Activation Code
Activating Etisalat is a code away. It is convenient and does not require any other app to be installed. Here is a guide to switching on the Etisalat roaming with a simple guide:
- Navigate to the dialer pad of your mobile phone.
- Dial the code *177#
- Tap on the Call button
- Let the code do magic.
| USSD Code | Fees |
| *177# | Free of Cost |
Activate Etisalat roaming by SMS
You can activate Etisalat Internation roaming by sending a text message to 1010. Here is a simple guide to what to send in sms to enjoy roaming services.
- Launch your messaging app
- Open a new message
- Type “Roam”
- Send the message to 1010
- You will receive a confirmation message after a few minutes regarding the service’s activation.
Etisalat Roaming Charges
GCC Countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar & Saudi Arabia):
- Incoming Call: AED 0.808/min
- Outgoing Call to the UAE: AED 2.203/min
- Outgoing Local Call: AED 0.881/min
- Outgoing Call to Others: AED 9/min
- Outgoing SMS: AED 0.22/SMS
- Incoming SMS: Free
- Data: AED 0.04626/30KB
Rest of the World (ROW):
- Incoming Call: AED 4.25/min
- Outgoing Call to the UAE: AED 9.50/min
- Outgoing Local Call: AED 4.50/min
- Outgoing Call to Others: AED 13/min
- Outgoing SMS: AED 2/SMS
- Incoming SMS: Free
- Data:
- AED 1/30KB (Postpaid)
- AED 1.5/30KB (Prepaid)
- AED 1/10KB (Postpaid & Prepaid in Lebanon)
Satellite, Maritime & Flight Operators:
- Incoming Call: AED 5.25/min
- Outgoing Call to the UAE: AED 15/min
- Outgoing Local Call: AED 10/min
- Outgoing Call to Others: AED 15/min
- Outgoing SMS: AED 4/SMS
- Incoming SMS: Free
- Data:
- AED 1/30KB (Postpaid)
- AED 1.5/30KB (Prepaid)
Etisalat Roaming Countries List
Below is the list of countries and their operators with Etisalat as a partner. After activating the service, you can enjoy the Etisalat Roaming in these countries.
| Name of Country | Operators |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Etisalat, MTN, Roshan, AWCC (Afghan Wireless) |
| Aland Islands | Alcom |
| Albania | Vodafone, Telekom ‘AMC’ (One Telecom), ‘ONE Albania sh.a’ |
| Algeria | Djezzy, Ooredoo, Mobilis (Algieri Telecom) |
| Andorra | Andorra Telecom |
| Angola | Unitel |
| Anguilla | Flow, Digicel |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Flow, Digicel |
| Argentina | Movistar (Telefonica), Personal, Claro |
| Armenia | Telecom Armenia ‘VEON’, Ucom, Viva MTS |
| Aruba | Digicel |
| Australia | Optus, Telstra |
| Austria | A1, Magenta (T-Mobile), 3 (Drei) |
| Azerbaijan | Bakcell, Azercell |
| Bahamas | BTC |
| Bahrain | Batelco, STC, Zain |
| Bangladesh | Banglalink (Veon), Grameenphone (Telenor), Robi (Axiata) |
| Barbados | Flow, Digicel |
| Belarus | A1 (Telekom Austria), MTS |
| Belgium | Proximus, Orange, Base (Telenet) |
| Belize | Digicel (Belize Telemedia) |
| Benin | MTN, Moov (Maroc Telecom) |
| Bermuda | Digicel, One Communications |
| Bhutan | B-Mobile (Bhutan Telecom) |
| Bolivia | Entel, Viva (Trilogy) |
| Bonaire | Digicel |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BH Telecom, HT Eronet, M:Tel |
| Botswana | Mascom, Orange, BTC |
| Brazil | Vivo (Telefonica), Claro, TIM |
| British Virgin Islands | Flow, Digicel, Caribbean Cellular Telephone (CCT BVI) |
| Brunei Darussalam | Progresif, DST |
| Bulgaria | Yettel, A1 (Telekom Austria), BTC Mobile ‘Vivacom’ |
| Burkina Faso | Orange, Onatel S.A (Moov Africa) |
| Burundi | Econet Wireless, Smart |
| Cambodia | Smart Axiata ‘Hello Axiata’, CamGSM ‘Cellcard’, Viettel ‘Metfone’ |
| Cameroon | MTN, Orange |
| Canada | Bell Mobility, Telus, Sasktel, Rogers Wireless, Videotron Ltd, Freedom ‘Wind’ |
| Cape Verde | CV Movel |
| Cayman | C&W, Digicel |
| Central African Republic | Orange, Moov ‘Telecel’ |
| Chad | Airtel, Millicom ‘Tigo’ |
| Chile | Telefonica Movistar, Claro, Entel PCS |
| China | China Mobile, China Unicom |
| Colombia | Telefonica Movistar, Comcel, Movil ‘Tigo’ |
| Comores Islands | Comores Telecom, Telco S.A |
| Congo | Airtel, MTN (Epic) |
| Congo DRC | Airtel (Celtel), Orange RDC, Vodacom, Africell |
| Costa Rica | Liberty (Telefonica), Claro, ICE |
| Croatia | T-Mobile ‘Croatian Telecom’, A1 Hrvatska (VIPnet),Telemach (Tele2) |
| Cuba | ETECSA ‘C_COM’ ‘Cubacel’ |
| Curacao | Digicel |
| Cyprus | Primetel, MTN (Epic), Cytamobile-Vodafone |
| Czech Republic | O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone (Oskar) |
| Denmark | Telenor ‘SonoFon’, Telia Mobile, Hi3G, TDC (Nuuday) |
| Djibouti | Djibtel |
| Dominica | Digicel, C&W |
| Dominican Republic | Altice Dominicana ‘Orange Dominicana’, Claro, Trilogy Dominicana |
| Ecuador | Telefonica Movistar |
| Egypt | Etisalat Misr, Orange Egypt (Mobinil), Vodafone |
| El Salvador | Telefonica Movistar, CTE Personal ‘Claro’, Tigo ‘Telemovil’, Digicel |
| Equatorial Guinea | Getesa ‘Orange’, Hits |
| Eritrea | Eritel |
| Estonia | EMT, Tele2 (Ritabell), Elisa |
| Ethiopia | Ethiopian Telecoms, Safaricom |
| Faroe Islands | Faroese Telecom, Vodafone |
| Fiji | Vodafone, Digicel |
| Finland | Teliasonera, DNA, Elisa |
| France | Bouygues Telecom, France Telecom ‘Orange’, Free Mobile, SFR |
| French Guiana | Outremer Telecom, Digicel FWI |
| French Polynesia | Vini ‘Tikiphone’ |
| Gabon | Airtel (Celtel), Gabon Telecom ‘Libertis’ |
| Gambia | Africell, Comium, Gamcel, Qcell |
| Georgia | Veon ‘Mobitel’ ‘Beeline’, Magticom |
| Germany | Telefonica O2, T-Mobile ‘Telekom Deutchland’, Vodafone |
| Ghana | OneTouch ‘Vodafone’, Scancom ‘MTN’, Airtel Tigo |
| Gibraltar | Gibtel |
| Greece | Cosmote, Vodafone, TIM ‘Wind Hellas’ NOVA S.M.S.A. |
| Greenland | Tele |
| Grenada | C&W, Digicel |
| Guadeloupe | Outremer Telecom, Digicel |
| Guam | Guam Wireless (DoCoMo) |
| Guatemala | Claro (Telefonica) |
| Guernsey | C&W ‘Sure’ |
| Guinea | MTN Areeba, Orange, Cellcom |
| Guinea Bissau | Spacetel MTN |
| Guyana | Digicel ‘U-Mobile’ |
| Haiti | Digicel |
| Honduras | Claro, Telefonica Celular ‘Tigo, Celtel’ |
| Hong Kong | HKT ‘CSL’, Smartone ‘SMC’, 3 (Hutchison HK), Peoples ‘China Mobile’ |
| Hungary | Yettel, T-Mobile, Vodafone |
| Iceland | Vodafone, Siminn, Nova |
| India | Airtel (Bharti), Vodafone Idea, Cellone (BSNL), MTNL |
| Indonesia | XL Axiata (Excelcomindo), Telkomsel, Indosat (Ooredoo), Smartfren, PT Hutchison |
| In-Flight Roaming | Aeromobile |
| Iran | TCI ‘MCI’, Rightel |
| Iraq | Asiacell, Korek Telecom, Zain ‘Atheer’, Fastlink |
| Ireland | Meteor (Eir), Vodafone, 3 (Ireland Hutchison) |
| Isle of Man | Manx Telecom (Pronto) |
| Israel | Pelephone, Partner, Hot Mobile, Cellcom |
| Italy | TIM, Vodafone Omnitel, Wind Tre |
| Ivory Coast | Loteny Telecom ‘MTN’, Orange, Atlantique Telecom ‘Moov’ |
| Jamaica | C&W, Digicel |
| Japan | NTT Docomo, Softbank Mobile, KDDI |
| Jersey | Airtel-Vodafone, Jersey Telecom |
| Jordan | Orange, Zain, Umniah |
| Kazakhstan | Beeline, Tele2 ‘MTS’ ‘Neo’ |
| Kenya | Airtel, Safaricom |
| Kosovo | IPKO |
| Kuwait | STC, Ooredoo Kuwait (Wataniya), Zain |
| Kyrgyz Republic | Sky Mobile ‘Beeline’, Alfa Telecom ‘Megacom’, Nur Telecom |
| La Reunion | Orange, Outremer Telecom, SRR |
| Laos | Lao Telecom |
| Latvia | Tele2, LMT, Bite |
| Lebanon | Touch, MIC1 ‘Alfa’ |
| Lesotho | Econet |
| Liberia | MTN Lonestarcell, Cellcom (Orange) |
| Libya | Elmadar, Libyana |
| Liechtenstein | Mobilkom, Swisscom, Salt ‘Orange’ |
| Lithuania | Telia ‘Omnitel’, Tele2, Bite GSM |
| Luxembourg | P&T, Tango, Orange (Voxmobile) |
| Macao | CTM, Hutchison |
| Macedonia | One.Vip ‘Cosmofon’ ‘ONE’, T-Mobile |
| Madagascar | Airtel, Orange, Telma |
| Malawi | Airtel, TNM |
| Malaysia | Digi Telecom, Maxis, Celcom (TM Touch) |
| Maldives | Dhiraagu |
| Mali | Orange ‘Ikatel’, Malitel |
| Malta | Vodafone (Epic), Go Mobile, Melita |
| Maritime Roaming | Telecom Bermuda ‘AT&T Maritime’, TIM Maritime Service, Vodafone Maritime (Epic), MCP, Seanet, Onmarine, Telecom26 |
| Martinique | Outremer Telecom, Digicel |
| Mauritania | Moov (Mauritel), Chinguitel, Mattel |
| Mauritius | Emtel, MTML, Orange ‘Cellplus’ |
| Mayotte | Outremer Telecom, Orange |
| Mexico | Telefonica Movistar ‘Pegaso’, Telcel ‘Radiomovil’ |
| Moldova | Orange (Voxtel) |
| Monaco | Monaco Telecom |
| Mongolia | Mobicom, Unitel, Skytel |
| Monseratt | C&W, Digicel |
| Montenegro | ONE Crna Gora DOO ‘Telenor’, T-Mobile, Mtel |
| Morocco | IAM, Orange (Medi Telecom) |
| Mozambique | Mcel, Vodacom |
| Myanmar | ATOM (Telenor), Ooredoo, MPT, Mytel |
| Namibia | Cell One ‘Leo’, MTC |
| Nauru | Digicel |
| Nepal | Ncell ‘Spice’, Nepal Telecom |
| Netherlands | T-Mobile, Vodafone, KPN |
| New Zealand | Vodafone, Spark ‘Telecom New Zealand’, Two Degrees ‘BNZC’ |
| Nicaragua | Telefonica Movistar, Enitel Claro |
| Niger | Airtel (Celtel), Atlantique Telecom ‘Moov’ |
| Nigeria | Airtel, 9mobile, Globacom (Glo Mobile), MTN |
| Norway | Netcom ‘TeliaSonera’, Telenor, ice |
| Oman | Ooredoo (Nawras), Oman Mobile (Omantel), Vodafone |
| Pakistan | PMCL ‘Jazz’ ‘Warid Telecom’, Telenor, Ufone, Zong |
| Palestine | Jawwal ‘Palcell’, Ooredoo ‘Wataniya’ |
| Panama | Telefonica Movistar, Claro, C&W |
| Papua New Guinea | Digicel PNG, Bemobile, Telikom Limited |
| Paraguay | Hola ‘Vox’, Telecel ‘Telefonica’ |
| Peru | Telefonica Movistar, Claro |
| Philippines | Smart, Globe Telecom |
| Poland | T-Mobile ‘PTC Era GSM’, Orange ‘PTK Centertel’, P4 ‘Play’, Polkomtel |
| Portugal | Vodafone, Optimus ‘Sonaecom’ ‘NOS’, MEO (TMN) |
| Puerto Rico | Claro, T-Mobile |
| Qatar | Ooredoo ‘Qtel’, Vodafone |
| Romania | Cosmote (Cosmorom), Orange, Vodafone ‘MobiFon’, RCS & RDS |
| Russia | Megafon, MTS, Vimpelcom ‘KB Impuls’ ‘Beeline’, LLC Ekaterinburg-2000 ‘Motiv’, Tele2 |
| Rwanda | MTN ‘Rwandacell’, Airtel |
| Samoa | Digicel |
| Saudi Arabia | Mobily, Saudi Telecom (STC), Zain |
| Senegal | Sonatel ‘Orange’, Expresso, Free (Sentel/Tigo) |
| Serbia | Yettel, VIP Mobile, Telekom Srbija |
| Seychelles | C&W, Airtel ‘Seychelles Telecom’ |
| Sierra Leone | Orange, Africell-Lintel |
| Singapore | Singtel, Starhub, MobileOne |
| Slovak Republic | Orange Slovensko, O2, T-Mobile ‘Slovak Telecom’ |
| Slovenia | A1 Slovenija (Si.Mobil), Telekom Slovenia (Mobitel), Telemach (Tusmobil) |
| Solomon Islands | Bemobile |
| Somalia | Golis Telecom, Somtel, Telesom, Hormuud |
| South Africa | MTN, Vodacom, Cell_C, Telkom SA |
| South Korea | SK Telecom, KTF |
| South Sudan | MTN, Zain, Digitel |
| Spain | Orange ‘France Telecom Espana’, Telefonica Movistar (O2), Vodafone Espana |
| Sri Lanka | Bharti Airtel, Dialog, Mobitel, Hutchison |
| St. Barthelemy | Digicel |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | C&W, Digicel |
| St. Lucia | C&W |
| St. Lucia | Digicel |
| St. Martin | Digicel |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | C&W, Digicel |
| Sudan | MTN ‘Areeba’, Zain (Mobitel), Sudatel ‘Sudani’ |
| Suriname | Digicel, Telesur |
| Swaziland | MTN |
| Sweden | Tele2 (Comviq), Telenor ‘Tele2’, Teliasonera, Hi3G |
| Switzerland | Swisscom, Sunrise, Salt ‘Orange’ |
| Syria | MTN ‘Areeba’ |
| Taiwan (Province of China) | Chunghwa, Taiwan Mobile, Fareastone, VIBO (Taiwan Star), APT |
| Tajikistan | Beeline (Zet Mobile / Tacom), Babilon |
| Tanzania | Airtel, Mobitel ‘MIC/Tigo’, Vodacom, Zantel |
| Thailand | AIS (AWN), DTN ‘DTAC’, Truemove ‘Real Future’, CAT |
| Togo | Atlantique Telecom ‘Moov’, Togocel |
| Tonga | Digicel |
| Trinidad & Tobago | Digicel, TSTT |
| Tunisia | Tunisie Telecom, Oreedoo ‘Tunisiana’, Orange-Divona |
| Turkey | Avea, Turkcell, Vodafone |
| Turkmenistan | Atlyn Asyr ‘TMCell’ |
| Turks & Caicos | C&W, Digicel |
| Uganda | Airtel (Warid), MTN, UTL |
| UK | Everything Everywhere, Telefonica O2, Vodafone, H3G |
| Ukraine | Kyivstar GSM, Lifecell (Astelit), Ukrtelecom ‘Trimob’, Vodafone ‘UMC’, ‘MTS’ |
| Uruguay | Telefonica Movistar, Antel |
| USA | AT&T, T-Mobile |
| US Virgin Islands | T-Mobile |
| Uzbekistan | Beeline ‘Unitel DAEWOO’, Uzbektelecom, UMS ‘Uzdunrobita’, Ucell (Coscom) |
| Vanuatu | Digicel, Telecom Vanuatu Ltd (VTL) |
| Venezuela | Digitel |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Mobile ‘VMS MobiFone’, Viettel, Vietnammobile, GPC-VinaPhone |
| Yemen | YOU, Sabafon |
| Zambia | Airtel, MTN, Zamtel |
| Zimbabwe | Econet, NetOne, Telecel |
Final Thoughts
Activating Etisalat roaming is the simplest and quickest to stay connected with your original number across the globe. Having a roaming service enables you to make & receive calls, Send & receive messages, or you can enjoy seamless internet service.
You can avail of this offer by dialing a code or sending an SMS, but you can activate it by using the Etisalat app or getting in touch with Etisalat customer care.
With activating the roaming service of Etisalat you can stay connected around the world. No matter where you go, you will able to stay connected in listed countries. You can subscribe to additional roaming packages to manage Etisalat balance.
