KnowRoaming

hrgajek · 12-02-2015, 10:30

Hello again,

I've got one.

Its really thin like a sticker and is "pressed" with an included Kit on the existing SIM card.

I plugged it very carefully in the slot of and low cost Android (4.2.2) device and it fit. But be very careful!

You can activate the SIM-Package by a onboard SIM Tool Kit Application - even with a pre Smartphone-aera Phone - plus an app available for Android or iOS or via the web.

After registering it, I've got to international numbers for it

+44 7418 5xxxxx which belongs to Telecoms North America Mobile (says british OFCOM)

+1 304 275 xxxx

Both numbers cannot be reached from Germany. (Tested various Carriers and networks)

So I contacted the support.

They told me to top it up (minimum 25 US$), but numbers remain unavailable.

Support advised me to change manually from "Home SIM" to "Germany".
The SIM-Cards changes its name from "E-Plus" (this is my home sime, to be exact "Simyo") to "260060".

If I understand it right 260-06(0) is the Network Code of Poland "Play/P4" a 3G-only Provider with national roaming with 2G networks inside of Poland.

If switched in the "Play" mode, my Phone sees 4 german networks (Telekom D1, Vodafone D2, E-Plus, o2) but no network allows me to enter it.

I'm not sure, if "Play" has full roaming agreements in Germany or if there is problem in the HLR /"Switch" of Play in Poland or Knowroaming in CDN or if german networks alltogether do not want this creative idea.

Or I have really to login in a foreign network (to france it would be 100 kms from here) before the SIM cards get active? I could check this out earliest at weekend.

peterdoo · 13-02-2015, 21:22

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Originally Posted by hrgajek

Or I have really to login in a foreign network (to france it would be 100 kms from here) before the SIM cards get active? I could check this out earliest at weekend.

Their web site says: "The sticker is dormant while at home".
Maybe you should try it with your Swisscom SIM. Then you are not at home

I don't see any good reason for using this offer inside EU/EWR/Switzerland. E+/O2 roaming offerings exist (Aldi, Blau, Ortel, Lidl,...) that give much lower voice tariffs and good number reachability. Data tariffs are much too high for any serious use. About 35 Euros for 7 day trip. Ortel gives 750 MB plus 300 Munutes for 20 Euros per 30 days. 31 countries incl. Germany. Outside of these countries KnowRoaming could have some advantage.

hrgajek · 14-02-2015, 10:50

Peter

Quote:

Originally Posted by peterdoo

Their web site says: "The sticker is dormant while at home".
Maybe you should try it with your Swisscom SIM. Then you are not at home

Support showed me to switch to the 260060 Identity.

The question of Tariff/Usage inside the EU is another topic.

At this time the Sticker technology looks interesting for me

Any body knows the roaming agreements of the network operator/provider "Play" and has own experience?

peterdoo · 14-02-2015, 13:19

This is their roaming list:
http://www.play.pl/resources/pdf/Lista_krajow.pdf

tak means YES. nie is NO. The last two columns are Voice and Data respectively.

They could however have totally different limitations for KnowRoaming customers. Just like Toggle Mobile while using Vodafone NL IMSI does not always allow to use all networks that Vodafone customers are allowed to use.

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hrgajek (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 105 Join Date: 01 Oct 2007 Location: between Kaiserslautern and Heidelberg, Germany Country:	12-02-2015, 10:30 Hello again, I've got one. Its really thin like a sticker and is "pressed" with an included Kit on the existing SIM card. I plugged it very carefully in the slot of and low cost Android (4.2.2) device and it fit. But be very careful! You can activate the SIM-Package by a onboard SIM Tool Kit Application - even with a pre Smartphone-aera Phone - plus an app available for Android or iOS or via the web. After registering it, I've got to international numbers for it +44 7418 5xxxxx which belongs to Telecoms North America Mobile (says british OFCOM) +1 304 275 xxxx Both numbers cannot be reached from Germany. (Tested various Carriers and networks) So I contacted the support. They told me to top it up (minimum 25 US$), but numbers remain unavailable. Support advised me to change manually from "Home SIM" to "Germany". The SIM-Cards changes its name from "E-Plus" (this is my home sime, to be exact "Simyo") to "260060". If I understand it right 260-06(0) is the Network Code of Poland "Play/P4" a 3G-only Provider with national roaming with 2G networks inside of Poland. If switched in the "Play" mode, my Phone sees 4 german networks (Telekom D1, Vodafone D2, E-Plus, o2) but no network allows me to enter it. I'm not sure, if "Play" has full roaming agreements in Germany or if there is problem in the HLR /"Switch" of Play in Poland or Knowroaming in CDN or if german networks alltogether do not want this creative idea. Or I have really to login in a foreign network (to france it would be 100 kms from here) before the SIM cards get active? I could check this out earliest at weekend. 73 & 55 (Regards) Henning Gajek on air with: Telekom (T-Mobile) DE - Vodafone DE - Telefonica-(o2) DE - FreeTimeTele.com (DE/UK) - Swisscom CH - Last edited by hrgajek; 12-02-2015 at 10:31.. Reason: Mistyping

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peterdoo (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Fan Posts: 137 Join Date: 20 Sep 2013 Country:	14-02-2015, 13:19 This is their roaming list: http://www.play.pl/resources/pdf/Lista_krajow.pdf tak means YES. nie is NO. The last two columns are Voice and Data respectively. They could however have totally different limitations for KnowRoaming customers. Just like Toggle Mobile while using Vodafone NL IMSI does not always allow to use all networks that Vodafone customers are allowed to use.