Hi,
I just want to give some further updates on my ‘attempts’ to send SMS messages to Argentinian mobile numbers as I’m sure other people out there will run into similar issues.
Firstly, I have never been able to successfully send a SMS to the contact person’s +54 mobile number. I can call the number fine but SMS always fails. I have tried +54 9 (area code) (mobile number without the leading ’15’). I’ve omitted the ‘9’ and tried other combinations also but all fail…
So, in order for any of my Argentinian contacts to get in touch with me, I first ask them to send me a SMS. This is when things get a bit tricky which I will explain as follows:
1) Person A from Argentina sends me a SMS. I receive it successfully but the number it comes from is +447797806021. This appears to me some kind of infamous generic number – many people have encountered it, check this:
https://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/447797806021
2) Once I receive the initial SMS, I can then successfully reply via the same +447797806021. My Argentinian contact receives the reply successfully.
3) The problems arise when e.g. Person B from Argentina sends me a SMS. I receive it successfully but from the very same generic +447797806021 number. I can also reply to Person B and they will receive the message.
4) However, I now cannot SMS Person A again until they send me a message again. Person B at this point is at the top of the queue and ‘holds’ the +447797806021 number. If Person A sends me a message, I can then reply to them again.
5) What I’m really trying to say here is that I can only SMS one Argentinian person at any given time from my mobile which is a real pain to be honest…
My workaround is to create a contact number for my Argentinian mobile numbers in Skype and then send them SMSs from there. You enter the contact number as +54 (area code) (mobile number without the leading ’15’). PLEASE NOTE the ‘9’ before the area code is not required in Skype. I can confirm that these messages reach my contacts successfully.
So, it looks like I will be SMS’ing my Argentinian friends via Skype for the immediate future.
The joy of Argentinian mobile networks, eh???