Mobiles in Europe

[katiesara]

Will my phone work?? Am going to Marbella on Friday, have Orange pay as you go, on Nokia 3330, will it work as normal, if not is there anything I can do and will it cost, and having done that will texts/calls cost loads??

[rja211077]

you need to contact your service provider. some will bar 'roaming', as it's termed, initially but release the bar providing your credit record is good. you can ask them about costs at the same time but my major piece of advice is that you get charged for incoming calls whilst abroad as well as outgoing calls. you can quickly run up very large bills. texting is usually the same price (or very similar) to what you normally pay so this can be an economical way to communicate whilst abroad.

[reespond]

You could also subscribe to a service like www.phonesaved.com  You can send SMS messages from any where in the world and when friends receive them, it appears to be from your own phone. You can also safely store your mobile phone numbers with them without using any cables or bluetooth.