Celcom has just refreshed its international roaming offering. Formerly launched as WONDEROAM, their new roaming service is now called Celcom Passport which starts from RM18/day for postpaid and RM10/day for prepaid.
1-Day Call & SMS Pass
For those who want to stay connected overseas with just calls and SMS, they have introduced a 1-Day Calls and SMS pass for RM18/day. This gives you unlimited incoming and outgoing calls. According to the FAQ, the outgoing calls is only applicable to calls to Malaysia and within the roaming country only.
The 1-Day call and SMS pass is available in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. To subscribe, you can SMS “Buy DRP18” to 28882 or via the *118# USSD menu. If you’re travelling to a different time zone, take note that Celcom’s roaming validity ends at 11:59PM Malaysian time. The RM18/day pass is applicable for Celcom FIRST Blue, FIRST Gold and FIRST Platinum subscribers.
1-Day Data Pass
As usual, Celcom is also offering a daily data pass at RM38/day. Similar to its WONDEROAM offering, it covers over 160 countries and you can get between 50MB to unlimited data quota depending on its supported country. From our quick check, unlimited data is available in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Nepal, Macau and India. In most countries, Celcom has two roaming partners for better accessibility.
To enable a daily data pass, you are automatically subscribed once you’ve enabled data roaming on your phone. For better peace of mind, Celcom will block you from browsing the internet if you connect to a non-partner telco. Similar to the 1-Day Calls & SMS Plan, the daily pass expires 11:59PM based on Malaysian time. The daily data pass is available for all Celcom Postpaid and Xpax prepaid subscribers.
1-Week Call, SMS & Data Pass
For those with longer trips, Celcom is also offering a weekly pass at RM138 which gives you 3GB of data and unlimited calls/sms to anyone in the world. This is currently available for 32 countries which are listed here. To subscribe, you can either send an SMS “BUY WRP138” to 28882 or select via its *118# USSD menu. The weekly pass is only applicable to FIRST Gold and FIRST Platinum subscribers only.
1-Day Social Roam Pass
For Xpax, subscribers still get a cheaper RM10/day social roam pass. This comes with 1GB for Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and WeChat, 50MB of high-speed internet plus 50MB of basic internet. It is currently being offered in Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Japan and India.
If you need more, Xpax subscribers can take up the same RM38/day daily data pass. Alternatively, if you just need a short moment online, you can subscribe to their unlimited data roaming that is going for RM6/hour or RM10/3 hours. This is available in Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and Philippines. The 1/3 hour unlimited data roaming pass can be activated via the *118# menu.
For more info, head over to Celcom’s Passport page.
