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is there any chance of ID Mobile soon offering phone coverage from Sharm, Egypt?


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is there any chance of ID Mobile soon offering phone coverage from Sharm, Egypt?

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Hey there ​@Pete2000, thank you for your feedback.

 

Unfortunately, as of right now, there’s no current information I can give you on expanding our roaming into other countries. We offer inclusive roaming in 50+ EU countries, and have began to roll out add-ons for specific countries outside of those and outside the EU, which is a new offer we’ve rolled out in the past couple of months.

 

We’re always looking for ways to improve, so there’s always potential for change of course, but right now, I cannot confirm or guarantee that’d It’d be the case.

 

Thank you,

Tyler

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You can roam in Egypt however it is chargeable .

Roaming charges in Egypt.

The table below displays how much you’ll be charged for any minutes, texts or data that you use.

Roaming Pay monthly Pay-as-you-go****
Calls to UK* £2.40 £2.40
Calls to Egypt* £2.40 £2.40
Calls received* £2.40 £2.40
Texts to Egypt** £0.60 £0.60
Texts to UK** £0.60 £0.60
Picture message (MMS) sent** £0.60 £0.60
Internet and Data (per MB)*** £1.50 £1.50

* Price per minute

** Please note: MMS charges vary. For further information, refer to Terms & Conditions. If you joined or upgraded on or before 20th June 2023 the MMS cost is £0.30 per message for Roaming within EU Bands 1 and 2.

*** Data is charged or deducted in one kilobyte (KB) increments and any part KB used will be rounded up to the nearest KB

**** The charges below will apply to all Pay-as-you-go customers starting from 1st October 2024. Find out more about the current charges here.

Prices shown include VAT where applicable.


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Thank you but what I meant was not at a fantastically massive cost 


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Probably best to buy a local SIM card or google travel SIM’s - they are a lot cheaper. They may add more location to their go roam beyond add on in the future but who knows.


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Best idea thanks 


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Hello ​@Pete2000 

 

Thanks for posting. 

 

It looks like our wonderful community members have been able to assist with your query. 

Please let us know if you require any further assistance.

 

Thanks, 

 

Nat 


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I have just realised that if I purchase a local SIM card in Egypt it will give me a local Egyptian phone number and therefore all the one time passwords and SMS text messages that I get from various banks all the time to confirm financial transactions et cetera just won’t work And obviously anybody trying to call me from the UK will not be able to ring my normal number, because whilst I’m in Egypt, my phone would be associated with a completely different Egyptian number. So what I was really wondering was whether or not ID Mobile was ever going to expand its coverage to include Egypt in the future. I mean for the normal rates … not that the £2.40 per minute rates currently in place. I hope that makes some sort of sense! Thanks for any Input to this query 


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Hey there ​@Pete2000, thank you for your feedback.

 

Unfortunately, as of right now, there’s no current information I can give you on expanding our roaming into other countries. We offer inclusive roaming in 50+ EU countries, and have began to roll out add-ons for specific countries outside of those and outside the EU, which is a new offer we’ve rolled out in the past couple of months.

 

We’re always looking for ways to improve, so there’s always potential for change of course, but right now, I cannot confirm or guarantee that’d It’d be the case.

 

Thank you,

Tyler


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Yeah that’s kind of what I thought, but thanks for giving me a full confirmation on that anyway. It would be great if Egypt could be included one day as that is beginning to be a big tourist destination… but other than that, I find the ID Mobile service really good value.


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Thanks for all the useful feedback to my questions. Good to have 👍


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You’re very welcome ​@Pete2000, and thank you for your feedback again.

 

Kind regards,

Tyler