Texts and Voice mail to email whilst abroad
 

hi all

Is there any way of forwarding texts and or voice mail to an email address whilst I am in Greece rather than incurring phone network costs.

Appreciate any advice...wasn't sure if these an 'app' to do it ???

Many thanks for your time

Regards

Mike

Re: Texts and Voice mail to email whilst abroad
 

Receiving texts and voicemails are free when abroad.

Re: Texts and Voice mail to email whilst abroad
 

Unless you are in non-EU country.....

Re: Texts and Voice mail to email whilst abroad
 

No, not unless.

It is free in all countries and has been so for at least 15 years.

Re: Texts and Voice mail to email whilst abroad
 

http://www.o2.co.uk/help/bills-and-p...a-usage-abroad

Re: Texts and Voice mail to email whilst abroad
 

From your own quote:

Re: Texts and Voice mail to email whilst abroad
 

There is no charge for the message left on your voicemail, or for you being informed you have a voicemail, but you have to pay to listen to the voicemail that was left.

You said "Receiving texts and voicemails are free when abroad".

Technically, you are right - it doesn't cost you anything to have a voicemail message left on your phone - you just have to pay to listen to it (which I believe was the OP's requirement....).

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I don't believe that was the OP's requirement (but admit the post is not entirely clear). Receiving a voicemail is free, retrieving a voicemail isn't always free.

The OP didn't say what network he was on, however if you are on O2 as per your example, you can retrieve them for free as well if you have an internet connection, which the OP does, and the same applies to at least one other network (and possibly iPhones in general).

Charges only come into play if you explicitly make an outgoing call from your handset to your voicemail provider, but that's no different to making any other sort of call - you have to do it yourself, if you do nothing, you will not be charged. Retrieving depends on your tariff and some people get charged to retrieve voicemail even in the UK, but receiving is always free.

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I think we are both counting the angels on the head of a pin here....;)

I am currently in TRNC (North Cyprus) - if I want to listen to any voicemails I have, it will cost me (on either my personal PAYG O2 phone, or my work Monthly tariff phone).

You are correct in stating that being informed that I have a voicemail is FOC.

Re: Texts and Voice mail to email whilst abroad
 

O2 allows you to listen to any of your voicemails over the internet, using an app, for free, which is what the OP asked for.

You won't get charged unless you choose to be charged.