Try a Globe SIM card...

[chino]

I have a "touch" mobile sim card that I got in Phils. If I put it in an unlocked phone here in UK, will it be cheap for my GF to text me, I think she is on Globe there?

did you ensure that you activated roaming before you left? This needs to be done first... Plus you need to be in credit... but yes it would be

[aposhark]

did you ensure that you activated roaming before you left? This needs to be done first... Plus you need to be in credit... but yes it would be

I am still in credit but didn't activate roaming as the limited instructions I received were in Tagalog
Can I activate it from UK in any way?

[chino]

I am still in credit but didn't activate roaming as the limited instructions I received were in Tagalog
Can I activate it from UK in any way?

no........... sorry

[gadgets]

i now have smart, i find this more convenient as I can top up the load myself online (pldt online), thought it gets to be expensive (around 45p/txt) so use YM to txt the wife

[aposhark]

so use YM to txt the wife

Hi, how much does it cost to txt Phils from YM? Thx

[gadgets]

Hi, how much does it cost to txt Phils from YM? Thx

it does not cost me anything to send a txt via YM to my wife, she just has to link her ym account to her cell phone (i don't know how she does it though). she also has to txt back to my ym occassionally in order for it to continue working (i think there's a limit), it cost 2.50PHP. otherwise she pays 20PHP for 24 hours unlimited txt to my smart fone.

[joebloggs]

just use chikka from your pc to text to the phils, it saved me ££££ for many years.. stepson still uses it now to text to the phils

years b4 that i sent the misses a cellnet mobile, for years we use to text and it only cost 5p

[trends5squared]

I am still in credit but didn't activate roaming as the limited instructions I received were in Tagalog
Can I activate it from UK in any way?

No you cant. It should only be activated in the Philippines. I’m using Smart and I have it roaming. You have to maintain P100.00 credit with your Smart sim. Globe, on the other hand has another service offered to OFW, they have a special sim of which you don’t have to maintain a balance.