Orange/Home Zone/UMA

adarynefoedd

Dear Everybody, New poster so here goes.

I am on contract with Orange Blackberry with unlimited calls to STD numbers (01,02) so I have ditched by BT Anytime landline contract. The deal (300 minutes/100 texts/unlimited calls to 01 and 02/emails) seems fantastic

The Blackberry is WiFi enabled and seems to route calls when I am at home via WiFi. These are labelled as 'Homezone Calls'. The mobile reception has improved from terrible to excellent.

I want to get a second mobile on PAYG for my partner who makes very few calls, there's a WiFi enabled Nokia on Ebay I am considering. Does anybody have any ideas about the cheapest way of calling on this PAYG mobile? How would Orange deal with UMA calls on PAYG?

Does anybody know the costs of this Home Zone for PAYG? Or are there better ways of doing it?

Thanks for your help.

[Deleted User]

On PAYG, UMA (homezone) is charged as a regular call, and will take from your credit the same as a normal call.

diamonds

Dont use a Nokia for UMA until they release something stable even the Nokia 6300i was pulled before launch in July, Samsung are not great either, Orange has a new SE on the way - the 1st SE for Unique

the blackberry's using Orange UMA are great, but not marketed as Unique handsets on the personal site ? ( i reported that to the Exec Office as a considerable marketing loss ) so check the business Orange site of blackberry Unique handsets then select the model on shop.orange.co.uk as the handset software is the same & UMA is available on personal contracts Orange broadband customer or not

Orange broadband customers get Unique calls to Orange, 01/02/03 landline & 30 countries landline calls for free

UMA trial is open to all broadband providers for a small monthly fee & no longer just Orange broadband users ( some broadband providers can & do block access though )

£1 for free Orange mob calls
£3 for Orange plus 01/02/03 landline calls too
£5/mth for both those and international calls to 30 landlines

fair usage policy of 1000 mins on all of those

call 150 tell them apply the Unique Homezone bundle/s you require

BUNDLES-PROMOTIONS-HOMEZONEBUNDLES on their screen

bundles are called:

Unique to O Mobiles £1


Unique to OMobiles & Fixed £3


Unique to OMob-Fixed-Intl £5


if they say only Orange broadband customers can get tell them to look in
Guru ( inhouse info ) search " unique phone " go to the " costs " page under " non-orange broadband "



UMA uses wifi the same way a tranmsitter/cell does, a trans/cell has a high volume/capacity data/internet cable leading to Orange's servers

adarynefoedd

Thanks very much will work through your most helpful response diolch yn fawr

diamonds

Dim problem, croeso