Vodafone is a good service if one is going on roaming in international arena as they have divided the whole world in 12 zones and one gets the perfect plan for roaming at most cheapest rates.

Requirements and Features

• Speak to their customer care
• Pay a security deposit
• Nominal monthly rent
• Flat rate in sub divided 12 zones,
• Flat rates across operators in any country.

If you want basic roaming while travelling abroad; than you can pay a security deposit of Rs 1500 to receive sms and calls.

I want to contact Vodafone for Roaming – Procedure

• SMS ROAM <country name> to 56789 (Rs 3 per sms)
• Visit their website Vodafone(dot)in
• Call Vodafone at 111 or call 9830098300

How to get started roaming on Vodafone?

sms ACT <NR/IR/BIR> to 111 for national roaming (NR) or international roaming (IR) or basic international roaming.

How to discontinue roaming on Vodafone?

sms CAN <NR/IR/BIR> to 111 (toll free) for national roaming (NR) or international roaming (IR) or basic international roaming.

GPRS roaming

One can access Blackberry and Vodafone mail as well as browse internet, send and receive mms and access GPRS services while you roam nationally as well as internationally in over 84 countries.

Verdict

If you are on a short visit, you can take the local country modem and can access the internet and it is available at a cheap rate. Moreover you can take a local number and you will be able to get connected at a very cheap rate. However if you are a business tycoon who wants to be on safe servers, than u may go for Vodafone or Matrix services and mind it that these services are very costly.