Definition of
Roaming
The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) does not recognize the term roaming. This is an English word that can be replaced by roaminga word that, although it is not part of the dictionary of the RAEis suggested by the Urgent Spanish Foundation (Fundéu BBVA).
The notion of roaming or roaming is used in wireless communications with reference to the ability of a device of move between different coverage areas. The concept is often used in the field of mobile phone (also known as cell phone).
Roaming, in this case, refers to the ability of a phone to make and receive calls beyond the local service area of the company that provides the service. In this way, using roaming, a user can communicate in foreign countries or in regions where their telephone company does not operate.
Thanks to roaming, therefore, a person You can travel the world with your mobile phone and stay connected, regardless of the specific network your phone company has developed. For this to be possible, the different telecommunications companies establish roaming agreements.
The user, in general, must not complete any procedure or change the way in which he uses his phone to use roaming. However, you may have to pay a additional charge for each call you make and even receive on your mobile while you are outside your company’s natural coverage area.
Although the service Roaming is very common and is used by more and more people in all parts of the world, even today it continues to scare more than one customer when it comes time to pay the bill after the trip. It is known that the big telephone companies do not clearly communicate the conditions of their plansAs ironic as this may seem coming from a communications company, users should be very careful before signing up for any plan. Here are some tips to avoid unpleasant surprises related to roaming:
* First of all, it is essential to review the conditions in great detail, from the activation and deactivation periods to the rates, both for calls and data (Internet use). It’s important pointing that many companies automatically activate the roaming service to your customers as soon as they leave the national network;
* For those users who have not contracted the service, it is recommended to carry out the necessary procedures before travelling. This is because in some cases the activation is done by phone, both by calling the operating company and by receiving a text message with a confirmation code, so once the border it turns out to be impossible;
* find out about promotions and special bonuses for the desired rates in the chosen destination. Offers of this type are very common, and if we don’t request them specifically, we may end up paying much more, simply for activating the service by default. To be aware of these issues, it is usually enough to visit the company’s website or call customer service;
* wear Wifi whenever possible, since data use abroad is usually much more expensive than in the national territory. When roaming is activated, it is normal that we should say goodbye for a while to our data plan and start paying for each byte transferred. On the other hand, in all the big cities there are more and more Wi-Fi hotspots free or require a minimum consumption.