PREPAID ROAMING
What is Prepaid Roaming?
Prepaid Roaming is a premium service offered by Digicel allowing you to make and receive calls, send and receive SMS while outside their home network.
How do I use the prepaid roaming service?
All Digicel prepaid accounts are pre-provisioned for roaming. There is no need to contact customer care for activation.
What should I do before I do before roam?
Before roaming, ensure that you have an active prepaid Digicel account.
Ensure tat your handset charger is compatible with the requirements of visiting country.
Top-up your account with sufficient credit before leaving it.
What do I do once I arrive in the visiting country?
Turn on your handset. Most handsets should automatically update to the strongest available network. If this does not happen, you can manually select the preferred network by choosing the manual search mode from the Network Settings option in the handset.
How do I receive a call while roaming?
Receiving a call on a visited network will be the same as receiving a call on the home network.
Someone calling from Antigua and Barbuda dials your seven digit number as usual and the call gets routed to your handset. There are no extra charges incurred by the calling party.
How do I receive a text message while roaming?
When a message is sent to you while roaming, it can be located in the inbox of the messages section of the handset. To receive a message is FREE!
How do I make a call while roaming?
This procedure is slightly different from the norm. All numbers should be dialed using the international dialing format. For instance to call Antigua and Barbuda +1268 must be placed before the seven digit number.