International Calling

Good news—your Consumer Cellular service travels with you beyond borders! Whether you're catching up with family overseas or handling important business abroad, making international calls is simple and straightforward. Here's what you need to know: Those international calls will use minutes from your existing voice plan (just like your regular calls), plus there's a per-minute fee that varies by country. But here's the best part – we keep those rates incredibly reasonable! For most destinations, you'll pay just 4 cents per minute to stay in touch with the people who matter most.

Ready to call internationally? Just give us a call at (888) 345-5509 and we'll get you set up! Once we've activated international calling on your account, it's as easy as dialing 011 + country code + number.

Here's something you'll love: calls to Mexico and Canada from the continental U.S. are completely free—no extra charges at all!

For everywhere else, check out our international rates tool below to see exactly what you'll pay and get the right dialing codes.

Calls from the continental United States to Mexico and Canada

These calls use minutes from your voice plan and are included at no additional charge.

Calls from the United States to other countries

These calls use minutes from your voice plan and there is also a per-minute charge based on the country you're calling.

Sending or Receiving Text Messages from the U.S. to International Numbers

Your Consumer Cellular Connect plan includes unlimited text messaging.

Text messages you receive from international numbers are treated like standard text messages, with no additional charges. Text messages sent to an international phone number will incur a $0.05 per message charge.

Traveling outside the US?

Make sure to call us at (888) 345-5509 two weeks before your trip to enable international roaming and use your service while abroad. Use our international roaming rates tool to look up rates and verify our service can be used in the countries you are traveling to.