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Seira M Seira M
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How to send text message to african mobile phone?

How to send text message to african mobile phone?
help me, i have areally good friends lived in johannnesburg South africa, she give me her phone number, i can call that number, but always failed to send her text message (sms)

she used an south african mobile phone number, her number is 0082606***

i want to send her a text message, because calling her from indonesia is really expensive. by theway i lived in indonesia and use indonesian mobile ph.number.

please help me, because i can called her number but always failed to send sms

thank you
  • 3 months ago
michelle g by michelle g
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You need to add the international dialing code even for text messages, the South African one is 0027 so that would mean that you need to enter it as 002782**** etc.

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Made plenty of international calls and sent many texts to SA.
  • 3 months ago
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dear michella...thank you, but i already try it, i know that the international caaled for SA is 0027, i can call but not to sent text message. always failed

i already try +27,0027 and many more.

but however thank u very much for helpng me. good day
Are you sure? Because I'm looking at text messages from my South African friends at their numbers and 0027 works. Their cell numbers have ten numbers including the 082, are you sure you have all the numbers? It might be that you need to activate some sort of international roaming.

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ya im sure...i can call my friend everyday but for text message always failed.but thank u very much..

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