Connectivity OUTSIDE home Country

[hanczi69]

Well,  they are all different things. 
1) Data Roaming setting under the communication settings.  Which allows the local (USA) SIM & network to work in Canada or Mexico. Same as travelling aboard with home country SIM   
a)  pre-supplied complimentary AT&T SIM card and data package  does not include data roaming. It does not even allow Sensus to be AP (Hotspot). 
b)  If you subscribe to AT&T after  complimentary package ends, you can enable the Data roaming and travel to Mexico or Canada, car will have internet but you might end up with huge bill depending on the plan you have. 

2) Not sure if VOLVOs in USA can or cannot work with T-MOBILE, MINT SIM cards although both are GSM network same as AT&T.  Volvo might have locked the modem only for AT&T sims like purchasing a network locked phone from AT&T or any other.  

3) VOC and APP does not work if SIM card is removed from the car.  I tested it. I removed the SIM card from the car. My app on the my phone could not reach the car! 
I don't know if VOC and app would continue to work after my  complimentary AT&T data package ends.  
a) VOLVO has special agreement AT&T and it would only allow VOC communications after complimentary AT&T data package ends. 
b) I will need to purchase data plan from AT&T for the cars's SIM 
c) I change the SIM to T-MOBILE or MINT both have cheaper plans and Car would accept. 

 
4) My car is used certificated pre-owned with complimentary VOC subscription still valid. The previous owner already had the VOC connected to their VOLVO ID. 
I called the VOLVO and they disconnected car from the previous owner's account and connected to my account. VOC subscription is tied to VIN of the CAR not to a person or any VOLVO ID account.  The same car VIN can be connected to multiple VOLVO ID accounts for example, mine and my spouse's accounts. After the complimentary VOC ended,  I purchased 1 year subscription and I had to reconnect and reregister the CAR to my VOLVO ID and App on my phone.

Thank you, thats a lot of valuable information. Have you contacted the VOLVO while still using the old subscription after purchasing the car, what I mean if VOLVO was able to just generate new PIN for you to your car VIN using the old still vaild subscription or you had to first purchased the 1 Year subscription and register the car to your VOLVO ID to get the PIN. Also if you could let me know what information volvo needed to do that, would they be able to register the car for someone outside the US.

I have a car imported from US with still active VOC subscription in the menu, but it is impossible to get it working in EU. I was wondering if I can reach out to US VOLVO dealer to get the car VIN registered to my VOLVO ID to get it working under the same subscription and then later on renew it knowing its working.

Could you confirm one more thing, you said that VOC doesnt work after taking the SIM out, could you verify if tethering the Internet from your mobile phone is enough to get it working or connecting to the home WIFI. Or it needs the SIM to connect to the car by app or use VOC at all. 
I havent tried to put the SIM card yet but still I do not have the VOC connected to the APP due to no VOLVO ID matched.


Best regards!