Public mobile international network coverage

[agrawalankit7]

Does public mobile has networks in Countries outside Canada? Like for ex . Dubai, Abu Dhabi or India if travelling internationally? 

Can we expect incoming text or calls to work?

[darlicious]

@pkaraa 

That was awhile ago pre-covid and my memory could be wrong on how big the data bucket could have been but seemed to me it was more than 1gb  for 1 day that is offered now.

[pkaraa]

@darlicious 20 GB ...wow.

I was looking for this option a few months ago in between 2nd and 3rd wave of covid.

Found only 1GB option here https://www.du.ae/touristsim 

[Anonymous]

 @Nezgar : Happy to talk about whatever under the sun...elsewhere.

[Nezgar]

Edit: Retracted...

[Yummy]

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@darlicious wrote:

@agrawalankit7 

If you are travelling to the UAE in particular visitors are given a complimentary sim card with free calling and texting and 20GB of data upon arrival at the airport.

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Really??? Did not know that... But I guess 1 litre of water cost $5 there...

[BKNS27]

@agrawalankit7 

As noted by others, PM does offer calling international while travelling. 
PM only have Add-on for international calling from Canada to selected countries:

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/bc/plans 

You can download the WhatsApps or TextNow app for free wifi calling.

[softech]

complimentary sim card .. i hope the network is Safe.

[darlicious]

@agrawalankit7 

Unfortunately no. If you are travelling to the UAE in particular visitors are given a complimentary sim card with free calling and texting and 20GB of data upon arrival at the airport. Here are your options for travelling outside of Canada....

Spoiler

1. You can turn off autopay and allow the account to suspend at the of your current 30 day cycle but this is your least advantageous option. Pay and reactivate by day 85 or so.
2. If you have an account balance that exceeds your plan amount then you need to suspend via the lost/stolen feature in your account before midnight eastern on the evening of your renewal. Then on day 85 or so resume your service to pay and reactivate.
3. Suspending via lost/stolen before midnight eastern will keep your voicemail active allowing you retrieve voicemail and any verification sent by phone calls. However your rewards will not be applied to your account. Moderator contact after paying and reactivating is necessary to have the rewards applied manually.
4. Voicemail can be accessed by calling your pm number from a different phone by calling your phone # and pressing * once connected and entering your 4 digit voicemail pin #.
5. If you don't have an account balance or enough balance to cover your plan amount you can suspend via lost/stolen after midnight but before 2 am eastern on the day of your renewal. Once your rewards have been applied (usually by 12:15 am et) then suspend your account. Voicemail access will be lost.
6. Switching to the $15 plan with rewards helping to cover a partial or full amount of your plan allows you to call forward your pm number to your fongo number. You must call forward your number before leaving Canada then you can remove your sim card from your phone if you do not have a dual SIM phone. Now any incoming calling to your pm number will ring thru to your fongo number while on wifi or mobile data (w/a local or global sim card) You can access your fongo voicemail for all voicemail messages.

Most important mark on your calendar day 85 of your suspension and day 90. Do not forget when you must unsuspend your account via lost/stolen and/or pay and reactivate your service so you don't lose your phone number and account. Happy travels!

[softech]

@agrawalankit7  if you want incoming text and calls and outgoing, maybe try VoIP app like TextNow.  TextNow will give you another Canadian number and you can give it to friends and they can call and text you.  As long as you have data or Wifi, TextNow will work

[Anonymous]

@agrawalankit7 

No, only for US Roaming 10 day packages.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

 @agrawalankit7 : No...only for the US. Nothing will work anywhere else (other than Canada).