Jola ‘Pay-Per-Zone’ (PPZ) tariffs can save customers money if they need roaming SIMs with excellent network coverage across multiple countries.
PPZ tariffs are also useful when the user does not know how much data they will need each month, or the volume of data varies each month.
RoamNet Blue gives access to over 400 global networks, divided in to 6 pricing zones. PPZ tariffs are different because:
1) Data is charged at different rates based on the zone in which it is consumed.
2) Data is charged per MB consumed
3) There is a choice between a ‘PPZ’ and a ‘PPZ Low-Use' tariff for each zone. There is a lower standing charge but higher data rate on the ‘PPZ Low-Use' tariffs.
Before PPZ, customers needing roaming SIMs selected a tariff based on the zone which included the most expensive network(s) the SIM might need to use. This solution works well, but the customer does not benefit when the eSIM accesses networks in cheaper zones.
There are two types of PPZ tariff: ‘PPZ Low User’ or ‘PPZ’:
1) 'PPZ Low User’ = low monthly standing charge (£0.50) and higher data rates.
2) ‘PPZ’ = higher monthly standing charge (£2.00) and lower data rates.
NB: The standing charge is applied whether the SIM is used or not. There is no cap on the data that ‘PPZ’ or ‘PPZ Low User’ SIMs can consume. Mobile Manager default alerts do not work with PPZ tariffs as they are based on the percentage of a tariff data allowance used in the month. We recommend resellers create their own custom alerts for PPZ tariffs based on total volume of data consumed.
The SIM details page on Mobile Manager shows how much data a PPZ SIM has used per zone.
Deciding whether to restrict the SIM to specific zones:
1) No restrictions would mean choosing a Zone 6 tariff (either the Zone 6 ‘PPZ Low User’ or the Zone 6 ‘PPZ’ option) and if the SIM was in a country with a Zone 6 network, could consume the most expensive Z6 data.
2) To restrict a SIM to the networks in Zones 1–5, the choice would be either Zone 5 ‘PPZ Low User’ or Zone 5 ‘PPZ’.
3) The same principles then apply to Zones 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Example – One of the main strengths of RoamNet Blue is the global coverage beyond Europe but to understand the principles of PPZ let us consider a SIM used for telemetry in lorries that travel across Europe.
- Zone 1 gives access to 65 networks across 29 countries in Europe.
- Zone 2 would be needed if the SIM also needed to work in any of these European countries: France, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine.
- Zone 3 would be needed to give coverage in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Montenegro, Russia, (and additional networks in France, Moldova & Serbia)
- Zone 4 needed for Albania, Belarus & Monaco (and additional networks in Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia)
- For Europe, Zone 5 only gives access on the island of Jersey
- Zone 6 gives an additional network in these countries: Armenia, Georgia, Monaco
The Zone that would be selected would be based on how many countries the lorry might pass through and how many networks you want the SIM to be able to access in each country.
Be aware that when a SIM has access to multiple networks in a country and those networks are in different zones, we cannot steer the SIM to the cheapest network.
If you have any questions or if you want these tariffs to be available to you on Mobile Manager, please speak to your Jola Account Manager.