You can text message non-U.S. numbers of participating carriers with no additional setup required. A charge of 25¢ for outgoing messages and 20¢ for incoming messages will be applied. These text messages do not count against your text messaging monthly bundled allowances.
1. Find the country code and participating carrier for the destination where you want to send the text message.
2. Send the text to the number as if you were making an international call.
3. If you run into problems, confirm that the recipient is using a participating carrier.
4. If you don't have a text-enabled phone, use the Verizon Wireless
getTXT service.
While traveling in the U.S., text messages sent to non-U.S. phone numbers of participating carriers are charged the following:
- $0.25/address sent
- $0.20/message received
While traveling outside the U.S., the text messaging rates are:
- $0.50/address sent
- $0.05/message received
These text messages are not applied against your monthly text messaging bundled allowances.