[Stu]

I carry a Blackberry on Cingular's global roaming plan so I don't worry about SMSs. I just send e-mails to the phones since the one thing US mobiles do right is provide you with an e-mail address.

In the Middle East and AFrica, 09 is the best. It has the longest list of free incoming calls. For example, I discovered that at least official Riiing doesn't work in Lebanon.

Here is 09's list of free incoming calls in the Middle East and Africa.


Benin, Guinea, Madeira, Malaysia, Sudan, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Congo, El Salvador, Faeroes, Gabon, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Mozambique, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Bahrain, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Moldova, Namibia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Senegal, Seychelles, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Yemen


This is a quick and very dirty edit of the list. You will find some stuff in their that is wrong. For example, I don't have a clue where the Seychelles Islands are -- I've heard great things about them, but they may be South Pacific. I deleted the obvious countries, but I cannot keep track of all the Africa nations any more. With respect to the Middle East, it also becomes difficult. Is Pakistan part of the Middle East? I think it is probably part of Asia, but it is a Muslim nation with borders on Middle Eastern nations.