Frequently Asked Questions |
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What is Roaming Guide? |
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What are the benefits of Roaming Guide? |
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Is this service available to all SingTel Mobile customers? |
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How can I access Roaming Guide? |
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What are the types of information available in Roaming Guide? |
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Can I access Roaming Guide in Singapore? |
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What are the destinations that support Roaming Guide service? |
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Do all handsets support Roaming Guide service? |
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While roaming in certain destinations, I do not see the complete menu, for example, services like 'MMS Roaming', 'Mobile Internet Access' are not reflected. Why is this so? |
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I am unable to access Roaming Guide while roaming. Why is this so? |
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I am able to access the Roaming Guide but subsequently receive an error message “Sorry, your request is unsuccessful as we did not get your response. Pls try again.”. Why is this so? |
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Will I be charged for accessing Roaming Guide? |
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How will the *SEND Roam charges be displayed on my bill? |
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What is Roaming Guide? |
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Roaming Guide is a service that allows SingTel Mobile customers to retrieve useful roaming information on their mobile phones in an easy and instant manner while travelling overseas.
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What are the benefits of Roaming Guide? |
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- Convenient to access roaming information via your mobile phone while overseas
- Easy to use with one common access code: *100#
- Cheaper to obtain *SEND information as you can avoid paying expensive roaming SMS charges imposed by overseas operators.
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Is this service available to all SingTel Mobile customers?
This service is available to the following group of customers roaming overseas: |
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- Prepaid Roaming customers
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How can I access Roaming Guide? |
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You will then receive an interactive menu with a list of roaming services/information available in the visited destination. Simply reply with the option number and the requested information will be sent to your mobile phone via SMS.
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What are the types of information available in Roaming Guide? |
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Postpaid AutoRoam customers will receive an interactive menu with the following services: |
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- GlobalDial 121 - provides information on GlobalDial 121’s calling instructions and the supported network(s) of the visited destination.
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Hotline – provides hotline numbers for SingTel Mobile Customer Service and VoiceMail service. |
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Pay-As-U-Roam customers will receive an interactive menu with the following services: |
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Calling Instructions – provides information on Pay-As-U-Roam’s calling instructions and the supported network(s) of the visited destination.
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MMS Roaming – provides information on MMS Roaming and the supported network(s) of the visited destination.
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Mobile Internet Access - provides information on GPRS Roaming and the supported network(s) of the visited destination as well as information on SingTel IDEAS.
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*SEND Roam - provides *SEND services such as information on Lottery, Finance and Sports.
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Exchange Rate - provides information on the buying rate of the visited destination for roaming customers to use as a reference.
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Hotline - provides hotline numbers for SingTel Mobile Customer Service and VoiceMail service. |
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Prepaid Roaming customers will receive an interactive menu with the following services: |
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Calling Instructions - provides information on Prepaid Roaming’s calling instructions and the supported network(s) of the visited destination as well as instructions on sending a Safe Arrival SMS and how to use Roaming Virtual Top-up.
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*SEND Roam - provides *SEND services such as information on Lottery, Finance and Sports.
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Exchange Rate - provides information on the buying rate of the visited destination for roaming customers to use as a guide.
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Hotline - provides hotline numbers for SingTel Mobile Customer Service and VoiceMail service.
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Can I access Roaming Guide in Singapore? |
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No, this service is not available for local access. You can only access Roaming Guide when roaming.
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What are the destinations that support Roaming Guide service? |
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Please click here for the list of supported networks in each destination.
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Do all handsets support Roaming Guide service? |
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Handsets which are Phase 2 compliant can support the Roaming Guide. These include most of the handsets commercially available today. Please click here for the list of models that support the Roaming Guide service.
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While roaming in certain destinations, I did not see the complete menu, for example, services like ‘MMS Roaming’, ‘Mobile Internet Access’ are not reflected. Why is this so? |
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You will only see the list of services, which are supported in your visited destination. For example, if you access Roaming Guide in destinations which do not support GPRS/MMS Roaming, you will not see ‘MMS Roaming’ and ‘Mobile Internet Access’ in the menu.
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I am unable to access Roaming Guide while roaming. Why is this so? |
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I am able to access the Roaming Guide but subsequently receive an error message “Sorry, your request is unsuccessful as we did not get your response. Pls try again.”. Why is this so? |
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This is due to the time-out period of 30 seconds. That means you took longer than 30 seconds to reply with your selection. To continue, simply dial *100# again.
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Will I be charged for accessing Roaming Guide? |
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Charge for *SEND Roam request via the Roaming Guide. |
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- AutoRoam customers: Local *SEND rate plus a 15-cent roaming surcharge per request.
- Pay-As-U-Roam customers: Local *SEND rate plus a 18-cent roaming surcharge per request.
- Prepaid Roaming customers: Local *SEND rate plus a 15-cent roaming surcharge per request.
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Charge for *SEND Roam request via SMS (the conventional way) |
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How will the *SEND Roam charges be displayed on my bill? |
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| *Send/Download |
DD/MM/YY to DD/MM/YY |
XX Messages |
X.XX (local *SEND Rate) |
Bill-On-Behalf Goods/Services
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Time |
Trans Description |
Content Provider |
Amount |
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hh:mm |
Roaming Guide |
SingTel Mobile |
0.15/0.18 (roaming surcharge) |
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