Prepaid Roaming

CHIPPIE roaming services gives you the ability to make and receive calls outside Chippieland ( the islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Maarten, French St. Martin, St. Kitts & Nevis and Surinam). Whether you go to the United States or Europe, South America or the Pacific region, you can be reached on your own mobile number through international voice and data roaming ; available on international GSM/DAMPS networks.
To ensure availability of our roaming services, based on the right frequencies, please be sure to check the details of the country you are visiting to see if your wireless device will operate there. As we continuously launch services with additional carriers, we will update and publish our list of available countries/carriers.

Receiving call or SMS

The caller pays the local Netherlands Antilles tariff. You pay the international rate that applies to the country that you are visiting. As a CHIPPIE user you cannot SMS while roaming.

How to place a call

 Country to call Step 1   Step 2  Step 4   Step 5    Step 6
 The Netherlands Antilles  Dial the “+” key  599  Area code (9 for Curacao etc)  Local number  Press the "send" key 
 Another country  Dial the “+” key  Country code  City code  Local number  Press the "send" key 
 Within the country    Country code  City code  Local number  Press the "send" key

With some roaming partners (countries marked with ’Direct’) you can immediately start dialing any number.

Example

The Netherlands – dial +31201122334 and press ‘Send’ to call a number.

Call back

For most other countries the USSD method, also named ‘Callback’, is applied.
Request a callback using the following string:
*124*+5999xxxxxxx# (xxxxxxx: local UTS number – either Chippie or fixed)
+5999 is the Curacao Area code. This code can be changed for the Bonaire, St. Maarten, French St. Martin, St. Kitts & Nevis or Surinam area code.

How to increase prepaid balance

Buy Chippie cards before leaving the Netherlands Antilles · Use the Internet to upload credit via your MCB account Ask friends or your family to buy a card and provide you the card number (call or SMS).

Check Voicemail

Chippie customer can also check your voicemail while roaming by simply dialing +59995199400