text messaging fron India to USA

venkat1926 · 10-02-2009, 10:03 PM

I live in India and have a Nokia cell phone. My provider is Bharti Airtel. My son is in USA having verizon wireless blackberry cell phone. He is able to send text messages to me. I am not able to send him. when I send a message to him first I get a message "message sent" subsequently with in a second I get a message "not sent to (name of my son). how to solve this problem.? thanks

ebackhus · 10-03-2009, 01:14 AM

whether you can or not is up to your cellular service provider. I live in the USA and can only send text messages within the USA and Mexico.

venkat1926 · 10-04-2009, 02:59 AM

I am able to call him and talk to him though I am in India and he is in USA. I am not able to send text message. My provider says there is no problem with them..

ebackhus · 10-04-2009, 06:02 AM

I am quite stumped! I take it you're sending to the EXACT same number as you call?

Clark76 · 10-04-2009, 07:55 AM

One other thing to consider is if your son is able to receive text messages from other countries? Has he ever received a text message from any one else in India? If not he may want to check to see if Verizon might have some sort of block on texts from other countries on his line.

Just my to cents...

venkat1926 · 10-18-2009, 07:52 PM

thanks. I shall talk to my son.

10-02-2009, 10:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
venkat1926 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 OS: windows xp	text messaging fron India to USA I live in India and have a Nokia cell phone. My provider is Bharti Airtel. My son is in USA having verizon wireless blackberry cell phone. He is able to send text messages to me. I am not able to send him. when I send a message to him first I get a message "message sent" subsequently with in a second I get a message "not sent to (name of my son). how to solve this problem.? thanks Last edited by venkat1926; 10-02-2009 at 10:05 PM.

10-03-2009, 01:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,230 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: text messaging fron India to USA whether you can or not is up to your cellular service provider. I live in the USA and can only send text messages within the USA and Mexico. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

10-04-2009, 02:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
venkat1926 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 OS: windows xp	Re: text messaging fron India to USA I am able to call him and talk to him though I am in India and he is in USA. I am not able to send text message. My provider says there is no problem with them..

10-04-2009, 06:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,230 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: text messaging fron India to USA I am quite stumped! I take it you're sending to the EXACT same number as you call? __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

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Clark76 Analyst, Security Team ; Rangemaster, TSF Academy Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,679 OS: XP Pro, Vista, Ubuntu 8.10	Re: text messaging fron India to USA One other thing to consider is if your son is able to receive text messages from other countries? Has he ever received a text message from any one else in India? If not he may want to check to see if Verizon might have some sort of block on texts from other countries on his line. Just my to cents... __________________ Proud Member of ASAP Proud Member of UNITE If you feel we've helped you, Please Donate to the Forum

10-18-2009, 07:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
venkat1926 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 13 OS: windows xp	Re: text messaging fron India to USA thanks. I shall talk to my son.