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T-Mobile is sending text messages to subscribers announcing a price increase from $0.20/minute to $0.25/minute for roaming calls from counties covered under its T-Mobile One/Simple Choice plans. The rate increase takes effect on the first new billing cycle from July 31, 2018.
154 to 210+ Countries and Destinations
The announcement mentions this rate will apply to an expanded number of countries and destinations covered under Simple Global Calling, jumping from 154 to 210+ on July 22, 2018.
There is no mention of unlimited text and 2G data being included in these new countries, a bit I think they would want to highlight rather over a rate increase. Press announcements usually focus on the good stuff. The use of a term, Simple Global Calling, instead of the current plan names T-Mobile ONE and Simple Choice used on their roaming page, gave me pause.
I contacted T-Mobile Media Relations, who replied within minutes, “The expanded list of countries is the new list of Simple Global countries, so yes, they get the same benefits.”
Awesome!
Here is the new list of countries. I could have really used these in some that are painfully expensive. Nauru comes to mind. Or for all my Virgin Australia flight issues in Christmas Island.
Afghanistan | Colombia | Hong Kong | Montenegro | Senegal |
Aland Islands | Congo | Hungary | Montserrat | Serbia |
Albania | Congo, Democratic Republic | Iceland | Morocco | Seychelles |
Alderney | Costa Rica | India | Mozambique | Sierra Leone |
Algeria | Cote d’Ivoire | Indonesia | Myanmar | Singapore |
Angola | Croatia | Iraq | Nauru | Sint Maarten |
Anguilla | Curacao | Ireland | Netherlands | Slovakia |
Antigua and Barbuda | Cyprus | Isle of Man | Netherlands Antilles | Slovenia |
Argentina | Czech Republic | Israel | New Zealand | South Africa |
Armenia | Denmark | Italy | Nicaragua | South Korea |
Aruba | Dominica | Jamaica | Niger | Spain |
Australia | Dominican Republic | Japan | Nigeria | Sri Lanka |
Azerbaijan | Easter Island | Jersey | Northern Ireland | Suriname |
Azores | Ecuador | Jordan | Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) | Svalbard |
Bahamas | Egypt | Kazakhstan | Norway | Sweden |
Bahrain | El Salvador | Kenya | Oman | Switzerland |
Bangladesh | Estonia | Kuwait | Pakistan | Taiwan |
Barbados | Faroe Islands | Kyrgyzstan | Palestinian Territories | Tajikistan |
Belarus | Fiji | Laos | Panama | Tanzania |
Belgium | Finland | Latvia | Papua New Guinea | Thailand |
Belize | France | Liberia | Paraguay | Togo |
Benin | French Guiana | Lichtenstein | Peru | Tonga |
Bermuda | French Polynesia | Lithuania | Philippines | Trinidad and Tobago |
Bolivia | Gabon | Luxembourg | Poland | Tunisia |
Bonaire | Gambia | Macau | Portugal | Turkey |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Georgia | Macedonia | Qatar | Turkmenistan |
Brazil | Germany | Madagascar | Reunion | Turks and Caicos Islands |
British Virgin Islands | Ghana | Madeira | Romania | Uganda |
Brunei Darussalam | Gibraltar | Malawi | Russia | Ukraine |
Bulgaria | Greece | Malaysia | Rwanda | United Arab Emirates |
Burkina Faso | Greenland | Maldives | Saint Barthelemy | United Kingdom |
Burundi | Grenada | Mali | Saint Eustatius | Uruguay |
Cambodia | Guadeloupe | Malta | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Uzbekistan |
Cameroon | Guam | Marie Galante | Saint Lucia | Vatican City |
Canada | Guatemala | Martinique | Saint Martin | Venezuela |
Canary Islands | Guernsey | Mauritania | Saint Saba | Vietnam |
Cape Verde | Guinea | Mauritius | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Wales |
Cayman Islands | Guinea-Bissau | Mayotte | Samoa | Western Sahara |
Chad | Guyana | Mexico | San Marino | Zambia |
Chile | Haiti | Moldova | Sark Island | Zimbabwe |
China | Herm | Monaco | Saudi Arabia | |
Christmas Island | Honduras | Mongolia | Scotland |
Note that ‘Saint Saba’ goes by the name Saba. Not a saint!
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208 != 210+
Just sayin’…
That is fantastic news – it comes just in time for my trip to PNG next month!
If only they worked acceptibly in the US. That would be more exciting for me. Last time I tried them my call dropped 3 times between their store and my home along a major interstate in a major city.
Absolutely!! They tricked me into trying them again on 4G since they advertise that it is so much better. I had them years ago and yes it was cheap because there was no service anywhere. Now on 4G it is a little tiny bit better but barely. You get what you pay for.
20% rate increase in one fell swoop.
Awesome indeed.
@Billy Bob – I’ve used the voice calling maybe once or twice in several years when I didn’t have enough data bandwidth to use all of the other alternatives. Data and text are all that matter to me, with voice as a nice to know its there but not use backup. For those who care about the voice rates, yes, this is a large percent increase and a small absolute increase, still far below most competitors for most countries and newly expanded to a bunch of otherwise very expensive countries.