Is Vodafone UA serious about these roaming rates?

[gaztelugatxe]

Originally Posted by lover08

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VODAFONE UKRAINE
Generally they started to sell Start Package in Ukraine it costs 30 UAH it already has RED S plan inside. From the moment you insert SIM to your mobile so 30 days of RED S starts. And you can add more money and than activate RED M or L

ROAMING
As they don't have pay per minute rates (they have only RED S M L) so you are always inside of some tariff.
Example you are on RED M plan - 30 days starts and it deducted 50 UAH
you go to "Roam like home country" you have two options:
1) to activate "roam like home deal"
2) to use without "roam like home deal"
* you should connect to vodafone only network on the countries you visit ONLY
* in Poland you can connect to any country (there are no Vodafone in Poland as you know)

OPTION ONE - activate roam like home plan
dial *600# and it will activate roam like home plan according to your plan (RED M) and yes it will deduct 150 UAH additional and you will have RED M in countries of the deal (2GB Internet, free facebook viber whatsapp - not include voice on these apps) and
over usage and 50 minutes to Ukraine or within deal countries (15 countries not only to Vodafone numbers)
overuse you pay: 10 UAH / 500 MB (within 30 days cycle from your main rate) and 0.50UAH / minute
fairy usage: speed will go down 6kb/s if you will use more than 5.5GB on RED S 7GB on RED M and 10 RED L (so it means you can max use 5GB by 10 UAH 500 MB) and than speed will be slow (5 UAH 500 MB will still be charged but with speed 6kb/s hardly you can use 500 MB I think)
OPTION TWO: not to activate roam like home deal
In this case you can still enjoy cheaper roaming in 15 countries (vodafone networks only except Poland all networks available)
You will be charged: 30 UAH / DAY on days of usage (calendar day from first usage till 23:59 the same day Ukraine time) and charge internet 500 MB / 10 UAH and minutes 0.50 UAH / minute (till end of the same day)

ROAMING - it should be first time inserted in Ukraine to be roaming active.

I have special MTC cards with possibility open to transfer to Vodafone by USSD command. So you have no monthly fees rate and when you dial USSD command it activates RED S M or L
(some MTC sim card also have this possibility but only new batches)

My cards are MTC active specially prepared for Vodafone (it should appear 3G on these cards at least) and yes I tested USSD command abroad and it worked, they deducted money and sent SMS in Russian that I have successfully purchased Vodafone S etc. Also online portal MTC shows tariff plan Vodafone S

I just tested it in Israel and it is not included in deal countries so I didn't test speed of Internet etc. just tested USSD command it works fine

Kyivstar deal is not so good - 100 MB 35 UAH is quite good price but this is daily fee 35 UAH and if you use more than 100 MB so internet blocks till next day


Alex

Thank you lover08 for the info

So if I have a Vodafone RED S plan I have to pay every month UAH 30,- even if I don´t use it. I cannot find any plan without any monthly cost.

Roam like home plan can be deactivated if not needed.

Can the Vodafone UA SIM be topped up with a European Credit Card? Any other way to top up?

How often should the SIM be topped up? A few years ago it was once every 6 months with MTC Ukraine if I recall correctly.

Thanks

[lover08]

So far I have two people tested it, one in Spain and a second one in Greece and it works fine, Internet and calls.

It should be some plan active red s red m or red l - the minimal fee is 30 Uah on red s plan however if you don't have 30 Uah on prepaid balance it will not block your sim, it will just wait till you topup again, it will not deduct money retroactive than.

Fell like home not auto renew each month. If you activate it so it is active for 30 days and than you can activate it next time, when you'll need it

SIM card is valid for 12 months from last topup at least 5-10 Uah. You can topup on Vodafone.ua website if this will not work so you can use one of numerous global topup websites such as recharge.com worldremit.com etc.
Sometimes they block SIM cards without any notes they tell you because of fraud risk. Sim should be activated in Ukraine and it seams that they check IMEI of phone that activates it, as we activated many cards in one day from the same mobile so these cards were blocked (I am not sure what was a reason but it should be activated in Ukraine not with bulk activation as they have some security check)

[gaztelugatxe]

Originally Posted by lover08

So far I have two people tested it, one in Spain and a second one in Greece and it works fine, Internet and calls.

It should be some plan active red s red m or red l - the minimal fee is 30 Uah on red s plan however if you don't have 30 Uah on prepaid balance it will not block your sim, it will just wait till you topup again, it will not deduct money retroactive than.

Fell like home not auto renew each month. If you activate it so it is active for 30 days and than you can activate it next time, when you'll need it

SIM card is valid for 12 months from last topup at least 5-10 Uah. You can topup on Vodafone.ua website if this will not work so you can use one of numerous global topup websites such as recharge.com worldremit.com etc.
Sometimes they block SIM cards without any notes they tell you because of fraud risk. Sim should be activated in Ukraine and it seams that they check IMEI of phone that activates it, as we activated many cards in one day from the same mobile so these cards were blocked (I am not sure what was a reason but it should be activated in Ukraine not with bulk activation as they have some security check)

Thank you very much indeed