Originally Posted by
deniah
Whatsapp ... just need data access like wifi
of course it requires that the sending party also has the app... which is not necessarily applicable in business situation...
but ive found that very very few people dont have whatsapp (americans excluded)
I use Whatsapp too, but it doesn't receive SMS for my phone numbers. Google Voice (not available in most markets) got me around that issue regardless of where in the world I find myself. Even as I receive more Whatsapp, iMessage, Skype and other specific app messages than SMS, SMS still seems to be a big part of my travel picture when outside of the U.S.