Hey guys, Just finding for the best telco for roaming as i roam often. Been using Maxis roaming for the time being but the prices are getting to expensive. Can anyone recommend other telcos? Thanks guys

Maybe can consider U mobile? I think where you planning to use the roaming also matters.

yoodo if u have their plan

Umobile

Any chance your phone has esim?

as other mentions U Mobile has a decent roaming coverage however you must make sure the country you visit is in their list of countries, otherwise you will receive no signal and there's not even an option for paid expensive roaming, there simply is no agreement and no roaming

DiGi

Just buy travel SIM from Hello1010 if you are not worried about normal phone calls when roaming.

I thought UM is king with its free roaming from RM68

So far U Mobile offering is quite attractive for roaming 😁

If your phone support eSIM, just buy the plan according to your travel needs.

https://esimdb.com/

My oversea trip, every time I buy different plan from different provider. After back from each trip, just delete off the eSIM. Easy

My last trip to Japan I bought the unlimited plan and broaccast it as hotspot letting my entire family to connect to

Hope the coverage also good during roaming 😎

Testing in bangkok and hatyai, it’s good…

That's the good, I'm used to go to Bangkok and Chiang Mai at least twice a year, and during in thailand im using digi for roaming, glad to know umobile also good there 🙂🇹🇭

The further you go the higher the response (ping) you got even using Facebook will be a bit laggy. Let say you are in UK roaming with EE, your data will going from EE (UK) to your SIM original telco (Malaysia or else) then back to EE. Normally 10ms link will become 300ms. Better use their local SIM as data only and kept your Malaysia SIM for important call only. (If you bill is claimable then up to you to choose what you like )

Travel eSIM is the best

Where to get it ? 🤩🤯🤩

We need Simba (Singapore) SGD10 come with free data roaming (60+ country), no local telco dare to promo free roaming plan(*exclude free Border Roaming). Local Telco they love to squeeze you dry

This post has been edited by K for Ketamine: Jun 22 2025, 08:20 PM

Usually I just google the destination country + esim. Company like Airalo offer them.

Noted 😉

Depend where u going more?
Asia? Europe? SEA?

you can try esim from trip.com, i have tried few times cheap and reliable too.

My default has always been to purchase a local sim when traveling, but never at the airport because they charge tourist prices. Sometimes I go for esims, although convenient they are not that cheap. Has anybody tried sims from Gogo2roams or Hello1010?

Hotlink, but become expensive in recent year
for esim GlobalYo not too bad, affordable while stay connected, used quite few times during short stay in Taiwan, their regional place is cheaper than country specific plan so choose carefully.

AirAlo have signup offer for 300mb for 3 days
https://specials.priceless.com/en-ap/offers...rId=&productId=

But recently not using anymore, fierce competition on Sg telco keep offering free big international roaming plans is rendering other esim plan effectively useless.