https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Mobile-Services/Sending-text-messages-to-Canada/m-p/1615948#M54973 <P>Hi, I live in the UK but have family in Canada with Canadian mobile numbers. &nbsp;I don’t want to pay 98p every time I text them. &nbsp;What can I add to my mobile phone package to significantly bring this cost down? &nbsp;I’d prefer to use WhatsApp or Messenger but they don’t use those services. &nbsp;Any thoughts?</P> Fri, 01 May 2026 03:08:05 GMT 12rachel 2026-05-01T03:08:05Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Mobile-Services/Sending-text-messages-to-Canada/m-p/1615948#M54973 <P>Hi, I live in the UK but have family in Canada with Canadian mobile numbers. &nbsp;I don’t want to pay 98p every time I text them. &nbsp;What can I add to my mobile phone package to significantly bring this cost down? &nbsp;I’d prefer to use WhatsApp or Messenger but they don’t use those services. &nbsp;Any thoughts?</P> Fri, 01 May 2026 03:08:05 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Mobile-Services/Sending-text-messages-to-Canada/m-p/1615948#M54973 12rachel 2026-05-01T03:08:05Z https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Mobile-Services/Sending-text-messages-to-Canada/m-p/1615951#M54974 <P><SPAN>International calls &amp; texts to overseas nos. from UK can be rather expensive but EE has a add-on, for £2.16 pm for those on contract or free for some legacy PAYG, that can be applied for to give these calls &amp; texts at a fraction of the standard rates. See&nbsp;</SPAN><A href="https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Add-ons/The-Free-CALL-ABROAD-Add-on-for-Cheap-Calls-Texts-from-UK/m-p/687707#M5149" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><U><FONT color="#0066cc">The CALL ABROAD Add-on for Cheap Calls/Texts from UK</FONT></U></A><SPAN>&nbsp;.</SPAN></P> Fri, 01 May 2026 05:38:33 GMT https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/Mobile-Services/Sending-text-messages-to-Canada/m-p/1615951#M54974 XRaySpeX 2026-05-01T05:38:33Z