How to Activate BSNL Prepaid International Roaming and Countries Supported

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) customers have a variety of Recharge Vouchers and Plans to suit their unlimited voice and unlimited data needs. To create competition with private operators, BSNL has introduced Prepaid International Roaming. Let us see How to activate BSNL Prepaid International Roaming.

Procedure to Activate BSNL Prepaid International Roaming

International Roaming facilities allows customers in foreign countries to use SIM issued is India to get Incoming and Outgoing calls. Earlier customer should apply for a Postpaid SIM to avail such international roaming. BSNL made this procedure simpler by allowing existing Prepaid customers to activate international roaming to some countries sitting at home.

Activate BSNL Prepaid International Roaming with a Recharge Voucher

Simply recharge your BSNL SIM with ₹56 Voucher and wait for confirmation message. After confirmation you can happily roam other countries mentioned in the list by BSNL.

Activate BSNL Prepaid International Roaming with Selfcare SMS

Send an SMS to 123 in the below mentioned Selfcare SMS format.

STV<space>IR56 to 123

You will get a confirmation message. Money will be deducted from your main balance. You should activate International Roaming before going out of India. Once you leave India, You can not activate international roaming.

In Andhra Pradesh, the costs of International roaming vouchers are ₹57 and ₹161. So the SMS format to activate roaming is as follows.

STV<space>IR57 to 123

List of Countries Supporting BSNL Prepaid International Roaming

BSNL tied up with different Service Providers or Operators in different countries. Here is the list of Countries and Names of Operators that support International Roaming with BSNL SIM.

SNOCOUNTRYNAME OF THE OPERATOR 
1UAE M/s Etisalat 
2UAE  M/s  DU 
3USAM/s T-Mobile 
4NepalM/s N cell
5OmanM/s Omantel 
6MyanmarM/s Ooredoo 
7QatarM/s Ooredoo 
8Saudi ArabiaM/s Etisalat  
9Saudi ArabiaM/s Zain 
10Srilanka M/s  Mobitel 
11 Srilanka M/s Dialog 
12BangladeshM/s  Grameen Phone
13UkraineM/s Vodafone 
14UkraineM/s Trimob 
15Hongkong M/s  HKT 
16JapanM/s  NTT Docomo 
17TaiwanM/s  Chunghwa 
18MyanmarM/s  MPT 
19BRAZILM/s TIM 
20Canada M/s  Bell Mobility 
21EgyptM/s Orange
22Finland M/s DNA 
23Kuwait M/s Zain 
24RussiaM/s. Vimplecom
25BruneiM/s. Progressif
26BelarusM/s. Velcom
27Puerto RicoM/s. Claro
28Singapore
29Afghanistan
30Malasia
31Switzerland
32Turkey
33Iceland
34Poland
35Belgium
36Puetorico
37Mauritius
38Vietnam
39Maldives
40Denmark
41Macau
42Greece
43Germany
44Armenia
45France
46Montenegro

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10 thoughts on “How to Activate BSNL Prepaid International Roaming and Countries Supported

  • March 30, 2020 at 10:57 pm
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    Now am in UAE, i have a bsnl sim.but here it is not working and not showing any network symbol.how to activate the sim

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  • April 1, 2020 at 11:26 am
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    It is advised to activate International Roaming before going abroad. That time, you will be having signal and you can send an “STVIR57 to 123″ message. For postpaid customers, BSNL CSCs will issue new Triple IMSI SIMs.

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  • July 3, 2020 at 9:12 am
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    I am in the USA right now, I have activated my international roaming facility before I left the country and still I am not able to use the sim. The sim is showing the network, but whenever I try to call or message, it is showing no registered network. Please help me with this.

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  • December 23, 2020 at 4:44 pm
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    i am in UK how do i activate my international roaming in UK

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  • May 8, 2021 at 4:45 am
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    HOW CAN WE CALL TO SOUTH KORIA WITH A BSNL PREPAID SIM WITH RECHARGED BY Rs. 94 .

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  • May 8, 2021 at 4:55 am
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    HOW CAN I CALL IN SOUTH KORIA THROUGH BSNL PREPAID SIM WITH RECHARGE OF Rs. 94 FROM KOLKATA ( INDIA ) .

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  • November 11, 2021 at 11:27 am
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    how can I use my BSNL sim after reaching out of India

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  • July 4, 2023 at 11:46 pm
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    मैंने बीएसएनल की सिम लेकर आ गया कोई मैसेज नहीं किया अभी सिंगल नहीं आ रहा है क्या करना चाहिए दुबई लेकर आ गया

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  • July 4, 2023 at 11:54 pm
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    मैंने बीएसएनल की सिम लेकर आ गया कोई मैसेज नहीं किया अभी सिंगल नहीं आ रहा है क्या करना चाहिए दुबई लेकर आ गया

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  • January 1, 2024 at 5:07 pm
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    BSNL international roaming service very bad service. First off all no customer service available. They just mention on their web recharge 57 to get international roaming. Useless customer services. Jio Airtel or any other telecom they have WhatsApp customer services 24hour. But this company is still living 1982. My fault why I brought this SIM.

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