Mobiles Abroad

mhutchuk

Hi there

Travelling abroad very soon - USA then maybe Nigeria in January.

Any ideas of the cheapest way to use my phone abroad - looking at some of these SIM options...

Idealy would like to receive calls and txts free - happy to pay the cheapest rates possible to send txts and make calls whilst abroad

All the best

Mark

redux

For USA get a SIM card there. Although they charge mobile calls differently and you'll also pay for incoming calls, there is no way to roam there without paying a whole lot more. Call charges are 10 to 20 cents a minute, and you could use a calling card access to reach UK for about 2 cents a minute more.

You need either a triband or quadband phone from here, or get a phone there, as the frequency bands are different (T-mob USA 1900 only).

http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/usa.html

https://www.masterbell.com - Bizon is 2 cents a minute, with no other fees
https://www.cloncom.com
https://www.pinonsale.com

For other countries, either one of the global roaming SIMs with free incoming calls in several countries, or a local one per country.

Nigerian networks links on
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_ng.shtml

Depending on their international rates, you might use a callback service in conjunction with it instead.

Here is Martin's roaming article
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1119870249,48922,

and its discussion thread
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=2530781#post2530781