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Deployed overseas coverage
My son is on my phone plan and is soon deploying to Romania with the Army. I just want to know do I need to add anything extra to be able to communicate with him? Or will I be charged extra if he cal...
At this point, we need to know what phone he has and if it is SIM-locked or unlocked. Unless you are on a military plan, T-Mobile will stomp on him for excessive roaming after a couple of months, and he could get his service canceled. He can avoid this by getting a local prepaid SIM and using it for all his data. Some phones (e.g. recent iPhones) allow you to run multiple eSIMs and have your T-Mobile SIM look like it's using WiFi Calling. This keeps T-Mobile happy and allows virtually unlimited overseas usage.
