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[Michael Mess <1499342@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As I remember, my O2 card and my Simquadrat card in the past didn't do the automatic roaming, because the network was marked as illegal.
After manually choosing the network with my android mobile, the settings in the SIM card were updated and automatic roaming for the partner network (E-Plus for O2 and vice versa) enabled (the network was not illegal anymore).
Also I have noticed that the networks changed their names:
The O2 card now recognizes the e-Plus network as o2.de+
The Simquadrat card (used E-Plus network) now recognises O2 as sipgate+.

For those, who don't know: Simquadrat is a brand of the german provider sipgate and can be purchased via http://smqdr.at/9r2G66sa if you live in Germany. They are a virtual network provider, thus they do not own their own network, but use the network of e-plus and now also O2 via national roaming.
For internet they have also special APN settings, thus with the standard e-plus or O2 settings, you will not be able to use the internet and you have to add the APN manually.

This is my output from the operator scan:

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$ /usr/share/ofono/scripts/scan-for-operators /ril_0
Scanning operators on modem /ril_0...
[ /ril_0/operator/26203 ]
    Status = current
    Name = sipgate
    Technologies = gsm umts 
    MobileNetworkCode = 03
    MobileCountryCode = 262

[ /ril_0/operator/26207 ]
    Status = available
    Name = sipgate+
    Technologies = gsm umts 
    MobileNetworkCode = 07
    MobileCountryCode = 262

[ /ril_0/operator/26202 ]
    Status = forbidden
    Name = Vodafone.de
    Technologies = gsm umts 
    MobileNetworkCode = 02
    MobileCountryCode = 262

[ /ril_0/operator/26201 ]
    Status = forbidden
    Name = T-Mobile D
    Technologies = gsm 
    MobileNetworkCode = 01
    MobileCountryCode = 262

phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~$

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Title:
  National Roaming not working

Status in Canonical System Image:
  Confirmed
Status in ofono package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I'm using a simyo (German E-Plus mvno) and when E-Plus and o2 joined
  forces, they enabled national roaming for 3G data connections
  (https://www.simyo.de/faq/national-roaming-18262.html).

  This however doesn't seem to work at all for me. My device (bq Aquaris
  E 4.5) is stuck in the simyo (E-Plus) network and has never registered
  to the o2 network so far. This is unlike bug 1449990 which claims that
  national roaming would be working if roaming is enabled in the
  settings. I can not confirm that. I have roaming enabled (and
  international roaming works fine), however, national roaming doesn't
  kick in.

  The problem now is, that ever since those operators enabled national
  roaming, the E-Plus network seems to be degrading and now has reached
  a point where I cannot use a mobile data connection inside buildings
  any more.

  Looking at my app download statistics, 25% of all Ubuntu phone users
  seem to be located in Germany. Given that E-Plus has a huge amount of
  mvno's I estimate this issue is affecting a quite large portion of our
  users.

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