Category Archives: Travel journal

If you are reading this it means that you are traveling to Italy and are researching cellular service and postpaid sim only plans for your Italy trip. There is a lot of information online. Some good, some bad hence due to this, what the rea … Continue reading →

Up until a couple of years ago, you could not use your cell phone, period in Cuba. The good news is that now the 4 major carriers in the US, T-mobile, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T offer roaming service in Cuba. That bad news is that the ra … Continue reading →

What is WhatsApp? If you have not heard of or been using WhatsApp when you travel, or even if you do use it, you will want to read this (and it’s time to get out from under the rock by the way!) WhatsApp is one of the most downloaded apps … Continue reading →

The Caribbean is one of the most challenging destinations for cellular service (apart from very remote areas such as Antartica). In the Caribbean, roaming is expensive, slow (and usually both) plus buying a local SIM card is impractical for … Continue reading →

To put it nicely, China has its own unique way of doing many things. While obviously most of their laws, customs and practices do not pertain nor effect us on a daily basis, there certainly are a few of them that do challenge the business … Continue reading →

Cell phone security is becoming an increasingly hot topic as horror stories of hackings have increased exponentially in the news. Unfortunately, short of not owning a cellphone – or at least a smartphone – there is nothing that can pro … Continue reading →

Under most circumstances, you should NOT use your Verizon service when traveling internationally. Having said that, there are very few occasions when it actually does make sense to use your Verizon service when you go overseas. But first, … Continue reading →

As good as it sounds and as cheap as it is, the old adage, “you get what you pay for” rings perfectly true. Some cellular providers, notably T-Mobile and Sprint, lure you in by touting free international data for your smartphone when y … Continue reading →

Relying on T-Mobile…up to a Point Typically, when I travel, I travel with 2 phones, my T-Mobile phone with a US plan and a European phone. I also travel with a MiFi hotspot, mostly so I can use my MacBook but also just in case someo … Continue reading →

We at Cellular Abroad, as experts in international cellular service, are often asked by our customers (and some have been with us since our humble begins in 2002) to point them in the right direction regarding what cellular carrier is the b … Continue reading →