Text Internationally

TextNow now offers international messaging! You can now text to our international carrier partners in over one hundred countries - see below for the countries and carriers currently supported.

Texting to these countries and carriers is free, but please note that international calling requires credits. See our International Calling page for more information!

 

Country Network Name
Abkhazia A-MOBILE
Albania EAGLE MOBILE
American Samoa BLUE SKY COMMUNICATIONS
Anguilla LIME
Anguilla DIGICEL ANGUILLA
Antigua & Barbuda APUA PCS
Antigua & Barbuda DIGICEL ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
Antigua & Barbuda LIME
Argentina CLARO ARGENTINA
Argentina NEXTEL ARGENTINA
Argentina MOVISTAR
Armenia ORANGE
Aruba DTH TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS N.V.
Aruba DIGICEL ARUBA
Australia Truphone - AUS
Bahamas THE BAHAMAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
Bahrain BATELCO
Barbados CABLE & WIRELESS (BARBADOS)
Barbados DIGICEL (BARBADOS) LIMITED
Belize BELIZE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Belize SMART
Bermuda CELLULARONE - BERMUDA
Bermuda M3 WIRELESS
Bermuda DIGICEL BERMUDA
Bolivia ENTEL
Bolivia TELECEL BOLIVIA (TIGO)
Brazil BRASIL TELECOM CELULAR
Brazil CLARO
Brazil NEXTEL BRAZIL
Brazil SERCOMTEL
Brazil OI
Brazil VIVO S.A. (RIO DE JANIERO)
Brazil VIVO S.A. (SAO PAOLO)
British Virgin Islands CABLE & WIRELESS (WEST INDIES)
British Virgin Islands CCT
British Virgin Islands DIGICEL (BVI) LIMITED
Burundi AFRICELL PLC COMPANY
Burundi ONATEL
Burundi Lacell SU - Burundi
Cayman Islands CABLE & WIRELESS (CAYMAN ISLANDS)
Cayman Islands DIGICEL CAYMAN LTD.
Chad MILLICOM CHAD
Chile CLARO CHILE
Chile NEXTEL CHILE SA
Chile Netline Movile Chile
Chile TELEFONICA
Chile VTR CHILE
Colombia Avantel S.A.S
Colombia TIGO
Colombia COMUNICACION CELULAR SA COMCEL SA
Costa Rica CLARO COSTA RICA
Costa Rica FULLMOVIL
Costa Rica TUYO MOVIL
Croatia TELE2
Cyprus MTN
Denmark TDC MOBIL
Denmark SONOFON
Dominica CABLE & WIRELESS DOMINICA
Dominica DIGICEL DOMINICA
Dominican Republic CLARO GSM
Dominican Republic TRICOM S.A.
Dominican Republic TRILOGY
Ecuador CONECEL
El Salvador CTE TELECOM PERSONAL SA DE CV
El Salvador DIGICEL - EL SALVADOR
El Salvador TIGO
Estonia TELE2
France MOBIQUI THINGS
Gambia QCELL
Germany Truphone - DEU
Germany YUILOP
Greenland TELE GREENLAND
Grenada Aislecom - Grenada
Grenada CABLE & WIRELESS GRENADA
Grenada DIGICEL GRENADA LTD.
Guadeloupe OUTREMER GUADELOUPE
Guam DOCOMO PACIFIC, INC
Guam I-CONNECT
Guam IT&E WIRELESS
Guam GTA WIRELESS
Guatemala COMCEL GUATEMALA (TIGO)
Guatemala CLARO
Guinea CELLCOM GUINEE
Guyana DIGICEL GUYANA
Haiti NATCOM VIETTEL
Honduras CLARO GSM
Honduras CELTEL (TIGO)
Hong Kong GREENROAM
Hong Kong Truphone - HKG
Hungary PANNON
Iceland DEVICE CLOUD NETWORKS
Iceland VODAFONE ICELAND
Iran MTN IRANCELL
Italy NOVERCA
Italy POSTE MOBILE
Jamaica CABLE AND WIRELESS JAMAICA
Jamaica DIGICEL JAMAICA
Japan KDDI 
Jordan UMNIAH
Kazakhstan ALTEL
Kyrgyzstan O!
Latvia LMT GSM
Lesotho ECONET TELECOM LESOTHO (PTY) LTD
Libya MADAR
Liechtenstein ORANGE FL
Macedonia VIP MKD
Malta 3 G TELECOMS MALTA
Martinique DIGICEL F
Mauritius MTML
Mexico RED EXPRESS
Mexico NEXTEL MEXICO
Mexico TELCEL GSM
Montenegro FORMER PROMONTE GSM[95]
Montserrat CABLE & WIRELESS WEST INDIES (MONTSERRAT)
Netherlands Truphone - NLD
Netherlands TELE2 NL
Netherlands Antilles DIGICEL NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Netherlands Antilles UTS WIRELESS CURACAO
Nicaragua CLARO NIC
Niger ORANGE NIGER
Northern Mariana Islands PTI PACIFICA
Norway TDC MOBIL NORWAY
Norway TELENOR
Oman NAWRAS
Panama CLARO PANAMA
Panama DIGICEL (PANAMA) S.A.
Paraguay CLARO PARAGUAY
Paraguay PERSONAL
Paraguay TELECEL PARAGUAY
Peru CLARO PER
Peru NEXTEL PERU
Poland Aspenta - Poland
Poland Truphone - POL
Puerto Rico CENTENNIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Puerto Rico OPEN MOBILE 
Puerto Rico CLARO GSM
Puerto Rico T-MOBILE PRI
Qatar VODAFONE QATAR
Réunion ORANGE REUNION
Réunion OUTREMER TELECOM
Russia UTEL (RUSUT)
Russia MOBILE COMMS SYSTEMS
Saint Barthélemy UTS FR ST MARTIN & ST BARTH
Saint Kitts & Nevis CABLE & WIRELESS ST KITTS & NEVIS
Saint Kitts & Nevis UTS ST KITTS & NEVIS
Saint Kitts & Nevis DIGICEL ST KITTS & NEVIS
Saint Lucia CABLE & WIRELESS
Saint Lucia DIGICEL (ST LUCIA)
Saint Martin UTS SAINT MAARTEN
Saint Vincent & Grenadines CABLE & WIRELESS CARIBBEAN CELLULAR (ST. VINCENT)
Saint Vincent & Grenadines DIGICEL (ST. VINCENT)
Serbia ORION TELEKOM
Seychelles SMARTCOM
Sierra Leone SIERRATEL
Singapore SINGTEL
Slovenia T-2 D.O.O
South Africa TELKOM SA LIMITED
South Sudan ZAIN SOUTH SUDAN
Spain Truphone - ESP
Sri Lanka HUTCH
Suriname DIGICEL SURINAME NV
Suriname UTS SURINAME
Sweden TDC MOBIL- SWE
Sweden COMVIQ
Sweden TELENOR
Sweden TELIASONERA MOBILE NETWORKS
Tajikistan INDIGO TAJIKISTAN
Tanzania SMART
Trinidad & Tobago DIGICEL TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Trinidad & Tobago TSTT
Turkmenistan TM-CELL (Altyn Asyr)
Turks & Caicos Islands CABLE & WIRELESS WEST INDIES (TURKS & CAICOS)
Turks & Caicos Islands DIGICEL (TURKS & CAICOS) LIMITED
Turks & Caicos Islands ISLANDCOM
Uganda ORANGE UGANDA LIMITED
United Kingdom CABLE AND WIRELESS GUERNSEY LTD (SURE)
United Kingdom Cable and Wireless UK
United Kingdom JERSEY TELENET
United Kingdom JT-WAVE
United Kingdom ROUTO TELECOMMUNICATIONS
United Kingdom TRUPHONE
United Kingdom Telecom NA - UK
United Kingdom YUILOP
Uruguay CLARO URUGUAY
Uruguay MOVISTAR
US Virgin Islands INNOVATIVE WIRELESS
Vanuatu SMILE
Venezuela DIGITEL GSM
Venezuela TELECOMUNICACIONES MOVILNET
Vietnam GTEL MOBILE
Yemen YEMEN MOBILE

 

Calling And Texting When Outside The US and Canada:

When travelling abroad, you can send and receive text messages to a Canadian or an American number through TextNow if you have wifi available. You'll only be able to call or text Canadian and US numbers, and not numbers outside the US or Canada.  

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    jezabel sauceda

    i cant text to mexico

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    Kevin TextNow Support

    Hi, Jezabel:

    At the moment, we're only able to text to the carriers listed above in Mexico. Is your contact on one of those carriers?

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    Jorge Montes

    Hi, So in case I want to call or text to Mexico. I just need to make sure the carrier is Telcel or a home phone (in Mexico City) and it should be free? Also, if it's another company, Do you charge me those minutes directly to my credit card or do I need to buy credits before attempting to call?

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    TextNow .

    Hi Jorge,

    Thanks for reaching out to TextNow Wireless support. If there was a charge it would charge your account, because we are a prepaid service you would need the credits on the account ahead of time.

    As long as you use the free carrier options you will be okay!

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    dave hawke

    How do you text or call Germany? I have credit and tried 011 then 49 etc but no luck

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    Kevin TextNow Support

    Hi Dave,

    It looks like Germany is +49, so you would enter that before the rest of the phone number. Alternatively you can select Germany from the drop down menu in the top right corner of the call screen. by default this is set to "US & Canada". This will automatically input the +49 for you.

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    dave hawke

    It worked a few times after I added the prefix 011. The app adds +1, which is the US country code. But now it will not go through again. THis is a pain. Calling seems to work though...

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    Kevin TextNow Support

    Hi, again:

    What German carrier is your contact using?

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    Peng Wang

    How can I call and text to China?

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    Kevin TextNow Support

    Hi, Peng!

    At the moment, we don't offer texting to China. You can call China by adding money to your international calling credits - you can see our article on calling internationally here.

    Edited by Kevin TextNow Support
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    Ryan Aue

    How do you earn international credits?

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    Erin TextNow Support

    Hi Ryan,

    You can check out our article here that explains how you can purchase and earn credits for international calls: https://supportwireless.textnow.com/hc/en-us/articles/207528043-Call-Internationally

    Simply look over the Earn Credits section for steps you can take to do that!

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    Sageparade

    Can I text from my phone while in canada?

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    Valeria TextNow+Support

    Hi Sage! Seeing as our service is mainly supported in North America, you may certainly use your phone for texting and calling while in Canada. Simply make sure to be connected to either Wi-Fi or a data connection (if you have roaming set up)

    Please let us know if you have any further questions, and/or concerns :)

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    Alana Janeen

    I will be going to Germany for a trip will I be able to text people in the US from Germany?

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    Valeria TextNow+Support

    Hey Alana, as long as you are connected to a Wi-Fi network while in Germany, you certainly can use your account to keep in touch with everyone back home :)