During the Hajj Pilgrimage, the access to Irancell services on KSA is granted like other time of the year. Using extraordinary discounts on roaming voice, text message, and data packages, you can keep in touch with your loved ones. To enjoy Irancell services in KSA, you need to activate roaming service before departure.
Roaming Service Activation
- Dial *1111*1#
- “MyIrancell”
To activate the service via MyIrancell, choose “My Account”, then enter the “Profile” section and activate the roaming services.
Roaming Packages in KSA Special for Hajj
To facilitate the subscribers access to SIM card services including high-speed 4G and 5G internet, special discounted packages are offered for roaming with STC and Mobily operators. Since using roaming with out-of-bundle tariff costs a lot, it is recommended to use the following packages to save costs:
| Validity (Days) | Package size | Price (IRT) | Purchase |
| 7 | 600 MB | 260,000 | Purchase Link |
| 7 | 1.5 GB+15 Min+15 SMS | 750,000 | Purchase Link |
| 7 | 3.5 GB+10 Min+10 SMS | 1,100,000 | Purchase Link |
| 14 | 5 GB | 1,200,000 | Purchase Link |
| 30 | 7 GB | 2,300,000 | Purchase Link |
| 30 | 10 GB | 3,500,000 | Purchase Link |
It is possible to purchase and activate all packages through MyIrancell super application and Irancell website both in Iran and Saudi Arabia.
To check your package validity or remaining data, you can dial *1111*6# with your Irancell SIM card or visit MyIrancell.
Benefits of Roaming Service:
- No necessity to purchase a SIM card at your destination
- Ability to keep in touch with your friends and family using your current local SIM card during your stay at abroad
- Keeping the access to the following services during your stay at a foreign country: banking transactions, card-to-card transfer, receiving SMS from banks, access to local legal and administrative services, online purchase of airtime, online purchase of data and combo packages as well as paying the bill for your postpaid SIM card
Out-of-Bundle Tariffs for Using Roaming Services in KSA
| Tariff (IRT) | Out-of-Bundle Services |
| 28,000 | Every min of voice call with an Iranian number |
| 28,000 | Every min of voice call with a KSA number |
| 13,000 | Every min of receiving voice call |
| 6,000 | Sending SMS |
| 5,000 | Every MB of data |
Internet Roaming Setting for Android Handsets
To use data with a certain operator abroad, you need to activate the Internet roaming service.
- First, go to “Settings”. Then enter the “Connection” section.
- From the displayed menu, select “Mobile Networks”.
- If the phone has two SIM cards, select the “Network Mode” option for your Irancell SIM card and click on the “5G/LTE/3G/2G (Auto connect)” option.
- To select the desired operator manually, click on the “Network Operators” option.
- In the menu that opens, disable “Automatic Selection”.
- In the “available networks” section, select the desired operator.
- After selecting the desired operator, go back to the “Mobile Networks” menu and activate the “Data Roaming” in the opened submenu.
Internet Roaming Setting for iOS Handsets
- From the main menu, select “Settings” and then choose “Cellular”.
- To make the settings and select the operators manually in handsets with two SIM cards slots, in order to manually make the settings and select the operator, it is necessary to first visit “Cellular” Section under “Settings” Section and then under SIMs section, select the SIM card for which you purchased roaming package and then manually select “Network Selection”. Please note that for single slot handsets, you will be directed to step 3 if you wish to make the settings and select the operators manually.
- Choose “Network Selection”.
- Once the “Automatic” feature is deactivated, wait until the list of available operators are displayed. Now, you can choose your desired operator.
- Get back to previous page, that is to say “Cellular” Page and select “Data Roaming” from displayed sub-menus.
Note:
- Dial *7# free of charge to top up your SIM card or visit MyIrancell to do so.
- Switching on the handset will not incur any charges.
- After returning to Iran, it is not possible to continue using the packages and the remaining volume will expire.
- Also note that when the roaming is activated, the data used by your handset’s applications is charged based on roaming tariffs. So, make sure that the applications are disabled.