NIGERIAN EXPATRIATES WORKING IN SAUDI ARABIA: Options for making international calls to Nigeria.
What you should know before coming to Saudi
As an expat employee from Nigeria working in Saudi Arabia, one of the many challenges you would encounter is the easy means of calling your loved ones at home.
There are many ways to call home. One easy option is to call and receive calls with your Nigeria line via roaming. However, this will be exorbitant. You would be charged for receiving calls as well. The other option is to call with your Saudi line. This is also going to cost you more. The third and best option is through the Smile Voice app. Smile voice has become many people’s favorites. We shall look at each of the three options briefly.
MTN ROAMING
Roaming with your MTN line while traveling abroad allows you to stay in touch with family, business, and friends even when you are thousands of miles away from home.
Here are a few roaming tips to remember;
Before You Travel:
1. Confirm that MTN has a roaming partner in the destination you are traveling to.
2. Check that you have enough credit for your trip. To check your airtime balance, dial *556#.
While roaming, you can credit your phone using your bank account, myApp, or vouchers.
When You Arrive
To enjoy data roaming, go to settings and turn on your ‘data roaming’. Set the phone on 3G or 4G where applicable.
To subscribe to any roaming bundle: dial *123*4# or visit myMTN App. However, before buying a bundle, check eligible countries on *123*4#
For support, kindly contact us through myMTN App (select more on Menu), on Twitter @MTN180, on WhatsApp 09033000001, or visit the roaming desk at the airport.
note: Where you do not purchase a bundle, ‘pay as you go’ rates apply to voice calls, SMS, incoming calls, and data services.
Rates: Call to Nigeria ₦ 150 Per Min
STC SAWA INTERNATIONAL PRICES
STC network is one of the popular networks in Saudi Arabia. Other ones are Zain and Mobily.
Calling home with STC sawa international prices
International call rates stc offers all sawa customers the best international call rate. With such an offer, customers can easily call their families and loved ones and easily manage their work abroad. The offer ranges between 2.4 and 2.7 SAR per minute for off-peak and peak hours respectively. This is equivalent to about 300 Naira per minute.
SMILE VOICE APP
SmileVoice is the latest innovation from Smile Communications, making your voice experience as clear and reliable as your Smile 4G LTE internet, for our customers in Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania.
With the Smile Voice application on your mobile you can make clear and reliable voice calls when connected to your Smile 4G LTE internet service to anyone, anywhere. You can also make voice calls, video calls, and conference calls, and send SMS messages to your friends and family when you’re connected to any other data network.
When connected to your Smile 4G LTE internet when making Smile voice calls, you will experience SuperQuality voice calls and it’s a given that your Smile voice calls will connect the first time, every time. You can now get more value from your one data bundle with internet, voice calls, video calls, and SMSs.
Smile offers the lowest local call rate in Nigeria! With our SmileVoice ONLY plan. You also get to make calls as low as ₦8.20/min across all plans with no daily charge or first-minute charges. For only N510 you can enjoy 65 mins for local calls that are valid for 30 days.
With SmileVoice you can make calls to any number in the world. Refer below for the international call rates that will apply.
When you are traveling internationally you can stay in touch with friends and family on the Smile network which also has SmileVoice numbers, absolutely FREE. Enjoy unlimited FREE Smile-to-Smile calls no matter where you are. You can simply register two smile voice numbers, one for yourself and the other for your wife or family.
Before you travel: Just download our FREE App on your mobile and activate your Smile Voice service by following the easy on-screen steps. And anyone can call you too – just give them your Smile number and they can call and SMS you.
Find out more at
How to get started
1. Download our FREE SmileVoice App on your mobile
2. Open the App and enter your Smile number and Activation code. Also, select the country where you have Smile broadband internet – your service will be active and you can make that first call.
OR
1. If you cannot remember your Smile number and Activation code, just select the country where you have Smile broadband internet and click on “GET AN ACTIVATION CODE” – you will be requested to provide your email address and your Smile Voice details will be sent to this email address.
2. Open the App and enter your Smile number and Activation code. Also, select the country where you have Smile broadband internet – your service will be active and you can make that first call.
Remember, you need to be a Smile customer with an active Data bundle, to make calls and send SMSs using the SmileVoice app.
Frequently Asked Questions with more information about SmileVoice is available for you at
