Where SFR says roam-like-at-home applies
SFR Caraïbe's page on European roaming says that since 15 June 2017 customers travelling in the countries it lists are billed at national rates, so calls, texts and data abroad cost what they would in the Antilles, as long as the plan is eligible. Its list includes Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira, the United Kingdom, Monaco, Andorra, Switzerland, San Marino and the Vatican, besides EU states and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
That is the operator's list, and it applies to SFR customers, not to every visitor's home plan. The page adds that these provisions do not apply to 4G mobile-internet plans whose data use is blocked outside the Antilles, so a data-only plan may not roam. A visitor from outside France should read their own operator's terms for Guadeloupe.
The abuse checks, and what an over-limit costs
SFR Caraïbe says it can check usage both in the Antilles and in other European countries, using billing data and three indicators: roaming consumption higher than local consumption together with a longer presence in other European states than at home, observed for at least four months, a long inactivity of the SIM with frequent or exclusive roaming use, and the serial activation of several SIM cards in roaming. In cases of abuse, it may bill at the legal rates.
For overruns in European roaming, the page says calls and texts are billed at the local out-of-plan rate up to 0.206 euros including tax a minute and 0.065 euros a text, and that mobile internet above the included volume is either blocked, with the option to top up, or billed at the local out-of-plan rate up to 0.021 euros including tax per megabyte. For a short trip these checks do not matter, but a long stay on a foreign-bought SIM may meet them.
SFR's daily incident map
SFR Caraïbe publishes a map of incidents on its mobile network, which it says is updated daily and lists the mobile sites where voice, SMS or mobile internet are temporarily degraded, with partial access, or unavailable, because of breakdowns or maintenance. The page lists its sites by geographic coordinates and sits beside its coverage map and a forecast coverage map.
That is the operator's own record of faults rather than an independent measurement, and we could not read the map's contents as text. It is still a useful first check if a signal drops after a storm. We found no independent coverage survey for Guadeloupe in the pages we read.
La Soufrière and the observatory that watches it
The Guadeloupe volcanological and seismological observatory, OVSG-IPGP, describes itself as one of four observatories monitoring France's active volcanoes, alongside Montagne Pelée in Martinique, Piton de la Fournaise on Réunion and the submarine volcanism off Mayotte. It says permanent observation of La Soufrière began in 1950, that a phreatic eruption occurred in 1956 and that the region of Saint-Claude and Basse-Terre was evacuated in July and August 1976 during a seismic crisis.
It says the last major magmatic eruption dates from the sixteenth century, that later eruptions have been phreatic, and that its missions include informing the authorities responsible for protecting people and property. Its site offers live webcams of the volcano. We did not find a current alert level in the text we read, so check the observatory's site and local news before hiking.
The 90-day stay, food rules and hurricane season
The UK Foreign Office describes Guadeloupe as an overseas department of France and therefore part of the EU. It says UK visitors can stay up to 90 days without a visa for tourism or business, that a passport needs an expiry date at least three months after departure, and that meat, milk and products containing them cannot be brought into EU countries, with some exceptions such as baby food. It says the hurricane season normally runs from June to November, and advises monitoring the World Meteorological Organization and the US National Hurricane Center.
It also advises avoiding isolated areas, including beaches, after dark, and keeping valuables in a safe, and says French driving rules apply, so an international driving permit may be needed alongside your UK licence. Rules differ by nationality, so check the French consulate for your own passport.
Emergency numbers, including distress at sea
The UK Foreign Office gives 112 for ambulance, fire and police in Guadeloupe, or 15 for an ambulance, 18 for fire, 17 for police and 196 for distress at sea. Save 196 if you plan to sail or take a boat trip. Our Guadeloupe plan page covers data before you arrive.
Networks our Guadeloupe plans use
These are the operators named on our plans for Guadeloupe, taken from the plan data, so the list follows the catalogue.
- 2degrees5G
- 35G
- A15G
- A1 MK4G
- A1 Slovenija, d.d5G
- A1 Srbija4G
- Advance Wireless Network Company Limited5G
- Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC)4G
- Africell5G
- Airtel5G
- Airtel Networks Nigeria Ltd. (Zain/Celtel)4G
- Airtel Rwanda Limited4G
- Airtel Tanzania Ltd. (former: Zain/Celtel)5G
- Airtel Tchad S.A. (former: Zain)4G
- Airtel Uganda Ltd.4G
- AIS5G
- Alands Mobiltelefon4G
- Algerie Telecom Mobile (ATM)4G
- ALOU (CV MOVEL)4G
- Altice Dominicana5G
- Altice Dominicana, S.A.4G
- AT&T Mexico5G
- Atlantique Telecom Togo4G
- AVEA5G
- Bakcell5G
- Bakcell Ltd5G
- Be Aliv4G
- Be Aliv Limited4G
- beeline4G
- Beeline4G
- Belize Telemedia4G
- Bell5G
- Bell Mobility Inc.5G
- BH Mobile4G
- Bouygues Telecom5G
- Cable & Wireless5G
- Cable & Wireless Panama5G
- CamGSM (Cellcard)4G
- Celcom Axiata Berhad5G
- CelcomDigi5G
- Cellcard4G
- Cellcom Israel5G
- Cellcom Israel Ltd.5G
- Cellfie Mobile5G
- Celtel Niger (Airtel)4G
- China Mobile5G
- China Telecom4G
- China Unicom5G
- Chunghwa5G
- Chunghwa Telecom Mobile5G
- Claro5G
- Claro (CTI)4G
- Claro (Puerto Rico Telephone Company Inc.)4G
- Claro Argentina4G
- Claro CR4G
- CLARO GSM4G
- CLARO URUGUAY4G
- Colombia Movil S.A. (Tigo)4G
- Comcel (Comunicaciones Celulares S.A.)4G
- Compa?ia Dominicana de Telefonos S.A. (Claro)4G
- Crnogorski Telekom A.D.4G
- CSL5G
- CTE S.A. de C.V. (Claro)4G
- CTM5G
- CTM - Companhia de Telecomunica?oes de Macau S.A.R.L.5G
- Digicel4G
- Digicel (BVI) Limited4G
- Digicel (Fiji) Ltd4G
- Digicel Antilles Francaises Guyane (French West In4G
- Digicel Aruba4G
- Digicel Curacao4G
- Digicel Guyana4G
- Digicel Jamaica5G
- Digicel S.A. de C.V.4G
- DNA4G
- Drei5G
- DST Communications5G
- DST Communications Sdn Bhd4G
- Du5G
- Econet4G
- EE5G
- Entel Peru5G
- epic5G
- Epic5G
- ERONET4G
- Ethio Telecom5G
- Ethio Telecom (ET)5G
- Far EasTone Ltd.5G
- Faroese Telecom5G
- FE Velcom4G
- FLOW (LLA)4G
- Free Caraibe4G
- Free Mobile5G
- Gabon Telecom4G
- Geocell Ltd5G
- Gibtelecom5G
- Gibtelecom Ltd.5G
- Glo Mobile4G
- Globe Telecom5G
- GrameenPhone4G
- GrameenPhone Ltd.4G
- Hi3G5G
- Hi3G Access AB (3)5G
- Hi3G Denmark Aps5G
- Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Limited5G
- Hot Mobile5G
- Hutchison 3G UK Ltd.5G
- Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH5G
- Hutchison Telecom4G
- Hutchison Telecom Sri Lanka4G
- ICE Norge AS5G
- ILIAD5G
- ILIAD Italia S.p.A.5G
- Integra Technologies Group4G
- IPKO5G
- IPKO Telecommunications LLC5G
- Irancell4G
- JT5G
- JT (Jersey) Ltd5G
- K-Telecom CJSC5G
- Kar-Tel LLP4G
- Kcell5G
- KDDI5G
- KPN5G
- KT5G
- Kuwait Telecom Company5G
- KYIVSTAR4G
- LGUplus5G
- Liberty5G
- LIBERTY4G
- lifecell4G
- LLC lifecell4G
- LTC (Laos Telecommunications)5G
- m:tel4G
- Mascom Wireless Botswana (Pty) Limited4G
- Maxis5G
- MCI(TCI)4G
- Medi Telecom S.A.4G
- MegaFon5G
- MEO5G
- MEO - Servi?os de Comunica??es e Multim?dia SA5G
- Meteor5G
- Meteor Mobile Telecommunications Ltd.5G
- MIC 2 (touch)4G
- MobiCom4G
- MobiCom Corporation4G
- Mobily5G
- Mobily (Etihad Etisalat Company)5G
- Mobitel5G
- Mobitel LLC5G
- Moldcell4G
- Monaco Telecom5G
- Monaco Telecom S.A.M.5G
- Movistar4G
- MOVISTAR5G
- Movistar Chile4G
- Movistar Mexico4G
- MTEL5G
- MTEL d.o.o5G
- MTML4G
- MTN4G
- MTN Ltd5G
- MTS4G
- my.t cellplus5G
- Ncell4G
- NetCom5G
- NOS5G
- Nova5G
- Nuuday5G
- O25G
- O2 Czech Republic5G
- O2 Germany5G
- O2 Slovakia, s.r.o.4G
- Omantel5G
- One Albania5G
- One NZ5G
- one.Vip DOO Skopje4G
- Ooredoo5G
- Optus5G
- Orange5G
- ORANGE (PTK Centertel Sp. z.o.o.)5G
- Orange Bissau4G
- Orange Cameroun S.A.4G
- Orange Caraibe4G
- Orange Côte d'Ivoire S.A4G
- Orange Egypt for Telecommunications5G
- Orange France5G
- Orange Guinee4G
- Orange Liberia4G
- Orange Madagascar S.A.4G
- Orange Mali4G
- Orange Moldova4G
- Orange RDC Sarl4G
- Orange Reunion5G
- Orange Romania S.A.5G
- Orange Slovensko a.s.4G
- Orange Tunisie, SA5G
- P4 Play5G
- Pelephone5G
- Pelephone Communications Ltd5G
- Polkomtel5G
- Polkomtel S.A.5G
- PrimeTel4G
- PrimeTel PLC4G
- PrJSC VF Ukraine4G
- Proximus5G
- Proximus PLC5G
- PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel)5G
- Reliance Jio India Andhra Pradesh4G
- Reliance Jio India Assam4G
- Reliance Jio India Bihar4G
- Reliance Jio India Delhi4G
- Reliance Jio India Gujarat4G
- Reliance Jio India Haryana4G
- Reliance Jio India Himachal Pradesh4G
- Reliance Jio India Karnataka4G
- Reliance Jio India Kerala4G
- Reliance Jio India Kolkata4G
- Reliance Jio India Madhya Pradesh4G
- Reliance Jio India Maharashtra4G
- Reliance Jio India North East4G
- Reliance Jio India Orissa4G
- Reliance Jio India Punjab4G
- Reliance Jio India Rajasthan4G
- Reliance Jio India Tamil Nadu4G
- Reliance Jio India Uttar Pradesh (East)4G
- Reliance Jio India Uttar Pradesh (West)4G
- Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited4G
- Reliance Jio West Bengal4G
- Rogers5G
- Salt5G
- Salt (Liechtenstein) AG4G
- Servei de Telecomunicacions d'Andorra (STA)5G
- SFR5G
- Siminn5G
- Siminn / Iceland Telecom Ltd.5G
- Singapore4G
- SingTel5G
- SingTel Mobile Singapore Pte. Ltd5G
- Singtel Optus Ltd5G
- SK Telecom5G
- Smart4G
- SMART5G
- SMART Communications Inc5G
- SoftBank5G
- SoftBank Corp.5G
- SONATEL4G
- Spacetel - MTN4G
- Spark5G
- Spark New Zealand5G
- StarHub Mobile Pte Ltd.5G
- stc5G
- STC5G
- Sunrise5G
- Sunrise Communications AG5G
- Sure4G
- Swazi MTN4G
- T-Mobile USA5G
- T-Mobile USA Inc.5G
- Taiwan Mobile5G
- Taiwan Mobile Ltd.5G
- Tango5G
- Tango S.A.5G
- Tcell4G
- TELCEL4G
- Telcel Mexico4G
- Telcell N.V.4G
- Telcell St Maarten4G
- TELE Greenland4G
- TELE Greenland A/S4G
- Tele25G
- Tele2 Eesti AS4G
- Tele2 Latvia5G
- Tele2 Sverige AB5G
- Tele2 UAB Lithuania5G
- Telecel4G
- Telecom Liechtenstein5G
- Telecom Liechtenstein AG5G
- Telefonica4G
- Telefonica Celular S.A. (Celtel / Tigo)4G
- Telefonica Ecuador4G
- Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG5G
- Telefonica Moviles Argentina S.A (Movistar)4G
- Telefonica Moviles Espana5G
- Telefonica Moviles Nicaragua4G
- Telefonica Moviles UY5G
- Telekom5G
- Telekom Romania Mobile Communications4G
- Telekom.me4G
- Telemach5G
- Telemach d.o.o.5G
- Telemach/TM5G
- Telemovil4G
- Telemovil El Salvador4G
- Telenor5G
- Telenor Hungary Ltd. (former: Pannon GSM Telekommunication)4G
- Telenor Norge5G
- Telenor Pakistan4G
- Telia5G
- Telia Eesti AS5G
- Telia FI5G
- Telia Finland5G
- Telia Norge AS5G
- Telkomsel5G
- Telus5G
- Tigo4G
- TIGO4G
- TIGO GUATEMALA5G
- TIGO Paraguay4G
- Tikiphone (Vini)5G
- TIM5G
- TIM Brasil5G
- TIM Italy5G
- True Move H5G
- TrueMove4G
- Turk Telekom5G
- Ucell5G
- Umniah4G
- Unitel4G
- Unitel LLC (Beeline)4G
- US Cellular5G
- UTS NV.4G
- Velcom4G
- Verizon5G
- Verizon Wireless5G
- Viettel5G
- VINAPHONE4G
- Vip mobile d.o.o. (Topnet /Novi Operater)4G
- VIPnet d.o.o.5G
- Viva (STC) Bahrain4G
- Viva Armenia5G
- Vivo5G
- VNPT International4G
- Vodacom4G
- Vodacom Pty Ltd.4G
- Vodafone5G
- VODAFONE5G
- Vodafone Czech Republic a.s.4G
- Vodafone D2 GmbH5G
- Vodafone Ghana4G
- Vodafone Hungary Ltd.5G
- Vodafone Malta Limited5G
- Vodafone Qatar5G
- Vodafone Romania S.A.4G
- WIND Hellas Telecommunications S.A.5G
- Wind Tre5G
- Wind Tre S.p.A.5G
- Yettel5G
- Zain5G
- ZAIN5G
- Zain IRAQ4G
- Zain JO5G