Originally Posted by
gkeeper
When I went to get the phone i explained my requirements and was told i just had to let orange know i wanted to use my phone abroad, no one from orange mentioned or advised me about usage. Really poor service from orange, but if you are not into this technology it is a bit of a learning curve. So this is why i have joined this forumas it seems most of you are far more informed than others. I have been most of the day trawling through international sim card sites and looking at rates.
Take a look at Truphone's business plan:
http://www.truphone.com/en-US/Business/Price-plans/
It covers everything but South Africa reasonably ok. The problem right now is that the best roaming SIMs for data aren't the best ones for voice.
There are a number of roaming SIMs with IOM or Jersey numbers with free incoming in a number of countries. If your spouse or others includes these holdings in their definition of mobile to mobile, you could get free incoming in all these countries, but data is a different story.