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thebear · **T-Mobile Pay as You Go (Roaming Works, but$$$) -** 08-12-2012, 06:58

Hello folks,

I am a newbie to the forum. I have been visiting this site on a weekly basis for a very long time

. I always wanted to know if T-mobile pay as you go would actually fully function roaming oversees.

Well last year I visited Saudi Arabia with my same tmobile pay as you go sim card and the line never registered with any of the local carriers. This year i flew in for a few months and as I switched on my phone at the airport, 20 minutes later I get an SMS and a call from my brother in the states, texas to be exact. I was caught off guard that my phone registered to Mobily-Etisalat, which is one of the local carriers.

I also tried to register with STC (Saudi Telecom) and the sim worked. However, the rates were very high. I ended up using my local STC sim card in the Kingdom.

In addition to sharing this with you all, did tmobile change their roaming coverage for pay as you go?

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thebear (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 2 Join Date: 08 Dec 2012 Country:	T-Mobile Pay as You Go (Roaming Works, but$$$) - 08-12-2012, 06:58 Hello folks, I am a newbie to the forum. I have been visiting this site on a weekly basis for a very long time . I always wanted to know if T-mobile pay as you go would actually fully function roaming oversees. Well last year I visited Saudi Arabia with my same tmobile pay as you go sim card and the line never registered with any of the local carriers. This year i flew in for a few months and as I switched on my phone at the airport, 20 minutes later I get an SMS and a call from my brother in the states, texas to be exact. I was caught off guard that my phone registered to Mobily-Etisalat, which is one of the local carriers. I also tried to register with STC (Saudi Telecom) and the sim worked. However, the rates were very high. I ended up using my local STC sim card in the Kingdom. In addition to sharing this with you all, did tmobile change their roaming coverage for pay as you go?