Oatsie Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Has anyone used their TelCel SIM card in Europe ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanMexicali Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Oatsie said: Has anyone used their TelCel SIM card in Europe ? We had to pay $120.00 pesos each at the TelCel office to use TelCel in Spain/EU for 21 days. It was crappy so the second day there we bought 2 SIMs cards [ each SIMs cost $10 Euros ] from a cell phone shop downtown for $20 Euros each good for the 5 weeks [ was pay as you go 30 days but they added 7 more days because we didn't buy a recharge for $10.00 Euros each after 30 days] we were there with 400 minutes long distance outside the EU and free unlimited inside the EU and 3 gig of data from Orange Movil. The number will expire in 1 year if you don't recharge it. It had excellent coverage everywhere we went. Our TelCel Samsung Galaxy phones had to be unlocked and the guy did it right there for $12 Euros and readjusted apps we had before with the new numbers - Whatsup etc. when we returned in an hour. https://www.moviles.com/orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelveoaks Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 On 4/14/2019 at 9:08 AM, Oatsie said: Has anyone used their TelCel SIM card in Europe ? We were in Basil, Switzerland last September and used our Telcel card and it worked just fine. It automatically switched from Telcel to T Mobil. Then as we moved up the Rhine and Mosel rivers it automatically switched to Orange and we used it as far as Amsterdam. We have UNLOCKED smart phones with no Telcel plan. We just load about 500 pesos on each phone prior to leaving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatsie Posted April 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 Was there an extra "roaming" charge for calling back to the USA or Canada and did it include data on your phone, for email messages etc. ? ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelveoaks Posted April 15, 2019 Report Share Posted April 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Oatsie said: Was there an extra "roaming" charge for calling back to the USA or Canada and did it include data on your phone, for email messages etc. ? ? ? can't help you with calls back to the U.S. as we never did that. Regarding email, we used local wifi so it did not use our 4g data. I recommend you go to Telcel and discuss these questions as they might depend on whether you are on a plan or not. As I mentioned, we just load pesos as we need them and heavily load up before we leave the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibarnes Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 My wife and I both have Telcel, Apple and Galaxy. Going to London first then France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece and Turkey. We share a plan. What problems can we foresee on this trip? We aren’t so much interested in calling. Use WhatsApp or Messenger only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shrall Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 Wifi works everywhere there is a signal. Telcel won't work for calls in Europe. Telcel will work in parts of South America because Mr Slim owns a few cell companies there. If you do by chance get a connection to a European cell service you should probably avoid using it for Internet unless absolutely necessary. I took a big roaming hit in Singapore a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanMexicali Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 We bought an Orange Movil chip in Madrid for $20.00 Euros. We got a local number, 30 days of unlimit calls in the EU and 7 gigs of data. A recharge in 30 days costs $10.00 Euros. Believe me you will want both phones on when your wife/husband wanders off someplace and you need to call her/him and ask: "Where the hell are you?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearro68 Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Does anyone know how to activate a Telcel prepaind card in the USA? I was on a month to month package in Mexico which expired before I tried to activate the unused card. Now the instructions on the back of the card do not seem to work as my messages are not getting through to Telcel apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearro68 Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 I meant prepaid. That was a Freudian slip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, pearro68 said: I meant prepaid. That was a Freudian slip. Buy a chip once you are there.. forget telcel there is no good cheap plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercasa Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Used Movistar years back and it worked as it is part of a Spanish telecom company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 In France the cheaper co.pany if Free the SFR and orange is the more expensive one. But there are a bunch of companies covering various countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 You can buy prepaid sim cards for EU from Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Using Wifi you can call and video free on WhatsApp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, sm1mex said: Using Wifi you can call and video free on WhatsApp. .... but only to people who have WhatsApp one their phones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmh Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Yes Bisbee and it is not cheap. The cheapest is to get a chip over there.. Whatsapp works but there sre lots of areas where you cannot access internet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Yes WhatsApp is free calling and video international ON WIFI. And the other person will need to download the free WA from their App Store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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