topic Re: Roaming in Australia. in Discussions & Feedback

Roaming in Australia.

Enlli — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:10:50 GMT

We have had a number of posts recently where customers have experienced problems roaming in Australia.

This is down to a new policy by the Australian Government.

The article in this link explains how this works. It also includes a handy checker so you can ascertain if your phone is compatible and how you can get more information.

Remember if you are PAYG even if your handset is compatible you may have difficulties.

https://www.getnomad.app/blog/will-my-phone-still-work-in-australia-3g-shutdown

Re: Roaming in Australia.

Oxonian — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:32:41 GMT

That is a really informative post and link @Enlli ; thank you ! 👍

Re: Roaming in Australia.

NeilE — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:30:57 GMT

The explanation why I couldn’t make calls is much simpler. All my contact’s numbers start with +. This has to be changed to 00.

Re: Roaming in Australia.

Australia2024 — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 22:53:09 GMT

Hi NeilE - what do you mean by this? So if a number begun with 0753 would it be 000753... or 007534. Thanks in advance!

Re: Roaming in Australia.

MI5 — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:06:49 GMT

@Australia2024

When calling the UK from abroad you drop the first 0 and add either +44 or 0044

So an 07534 number becomes +447534 or 00447534

Re: Roaming in Australia.

Enlli — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 08:06:51 GMT

@Australia2024

0753 would become 0044753