Receiving SMS in South Africa

[Peter86]

I'm in South Africa and can't receive SMS on my UK phone with an O2 Sim. The phone settings are:

Airplane mode Off,

mobile data On,

data roaming On,.

Wifi calling On.

local network MTN-SA (have also tried Vodacom-SA and CellC). 

This is seriously inconvenient as I can't complete authorisatiion for bank/credit card transactions etc. I do not need to be able to make or receive calls  or send texts.

Can anyone help please?

Peter Britton

[japitts]

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@Barneyd wrote:

My wife is also on O2 and receiving texts so can it really be a local network issue?

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If your wife is also in the same country as yourself and receiving SMS on the same local roaming network, that is good evidence of the issue lying elsewhere.

The local network is only providing radio coverage, not any SMS routing.

[Smartyfozzie]

Correct som must be selected  if got 2 sims in mobile.  Otherwise  data must be on for o2 sms for use in sa as far as I know. Must have airtime  from uk loaded /topped up.