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Will EU Add-on work in Romania

fbtn — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:04:23 GMT

Hi..going to Romania tonight for a few days. Will Roaming Add-On work there?

I don't see it listed anywhere - either on the EU Countries list or on the Other European countries list.

Cheers.

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:16:34 GMT

I guess they should work since Romania is in the EU but for some reason Romania is omitted from the list of countries below and I seem to recall it being an exception.

http://www.48months.ie/membership-plans/going-abroad

Our EU Roaming Add-ons work in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Antilles (incl Guadeloupe), French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte & Reunion, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal (incl. Azores and Madeira), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl Canary Islands), Sweden, or the UK (incl Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man).

I have a suspicion that 48 don't support any service at all in Romania.

Edit: e.g. see an older post from me here: http://community.48months.ie/t5/Need-Help/How-to-fix-No-service-while-roaming/m-p/26819#M8499

So you might want to check with 48 support before going.

http://www.48months.ie/help#contact-us

Also - if you have an iPhone be aware of this issue:

iPhone abroad issue

Hope this helps.

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 23:09:59 GMT

48 support confirmed to me that there are no roaming agreements in place to cover Romania so even though it's an EU country EU roaming add-ons will not work there and, in fact, even with cash credit you will not get any service.

I guess one option might be to get a cheap SIM/package locally?

Hope this helps.

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

au — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:11:25 GMT

I didn't know Martinique exist or is a country until i checked list of contries covered by roaming.

Probably 100 000 romanians living in Ireland and 48 can't make an agreement ?

Shame.

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:30:37 GMT

This thread is over two years old.
I see that Romania is not listed on the roaming info page at all.
Neither under Guido EU roaming nor under "rest of Europe".
I've asked 48 support if Romania is covered at all and will post back when I get a reply.

Hope this helps.

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 19:42:14 GMT

This is what I got from support unfortunately...

"We have no service agreements in place in Romania so no service at all.

Unlikely to change going forward unless we can get an agreement setup with a mobile provider over there"

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

orlaithmullin — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 20:40:48 GMT

Hi, RO Orange works. Didn't buy EU add on, just added credit for phone calls, data roaming

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 21:29:21 GMT

That doesn't make sense.
According to 48 roaming will not work in Romania at all.
EU roaming only works on a Guido membership but not in Romania according to 48 support.
You don't need additional cash credit for EU roaming.
And there are no roaming add-ons anymore.

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

orlaithmullin — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 21:59:51 GMT

Well I'm in Romania, connected to RO orange for the last week, making calls ok so something is working 😉

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

au — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:01:30 GMT

Any data available ?

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

orlaithmullin — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:24:24 GMT

Yes, data available

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 23:10:38 GMT

I've contacted 48 support to ask them for some clarification about this.
@orlaithmullin do you have a Guido membership?
Are you sure that you're definitely getting reception and service on a 48 SIM and not on some other SIM - e.g. in a dual SIM phone?

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

orlaithmullin — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 09:22:34 GMT

Yes, you're right, it must be something like that alright.

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 09:35:29 GMT

You mean you do have a dual SIM phone and are probably getting reception and coverage on the non 48 SIM?

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:22:24 GMT

This is what I got back from 48 support:

"Thanks for getting in touch with us.

The Guido membership will not work in Romania. You can get local SIM card to use while roaming in Romania.

Feel free to contact us if you further face any difficulty/query. We're also available on Livechat from Monday to Friday between 9AM to 9PM and on Weekends between 9AM to 8PM."

So there must be something else going on here since 48 obviously still don't support Guido EU roaming in Romania.

Hope this helps.

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

au — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 06:59:32 GMT

Are they ever gonna do anything about Romania , Hungary .... or eastern Europe doesn't matter.

" Buy a local sim" ... Oh, thanks for the tip, it never crossed my mind

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

orlaithmullin — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:47:32 GMT

Ok, thanks

Re: Will EU Add-on work in Romania

dalyer — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:24:24 GMT

@au wrote:

Are they ever gonna do anything about Romania , Hungary .... or eastern Europe doesn't matter.

" Buy a local sim" ... Oh, thanks for the tip, it never crossed my mind

Guido EU roaming DOES work in Hungary.

And other central/eastern European EU countries.

And roaming calls/texts will work in other non EU central/eastern European countries on any membership once you have cash credit to cover the outgoing texts/calls and incoming calls.

https://www.48months.ie/membership-plans/going-abroad

Romania seems to be a specific problem for some reason.

I don't know why.

Maybe ask 48 support?

Hope this helps.