Cellphones and SIM cards

If you are gonna stay in Mexico for a long period (more than 2 weeks) it would be good to get a Mexican SIM card.
There are only 4 carriers in Mexico: Telcel, Movistar, Iusacell, and Unefon.

Many Telcel users will recommend Telcel because they think it’s cheaper… but it’s not!

We strongly recommend you to get a Movistar SIM card. You can find them almost everywhere, there is a lot of cellphone shops in the city. It should cost between 50 and 90 pesos. Then ask the vendor to set it on Plan Movistar Ilimitado.

For $200 pesos you get:
- Unlimited navigation on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and email (Yahoo!, Hotmail and gmail)
- 200 extra MB to use them as you want
- Unlimited SMS to Movistar numbers
- Unlimited calls to Movistar numbers
- 200 SMS to other Mexican companies + USA and Canada
- 500 minutes to call other Mexican companies + USA and Canada

These benefits are valid for 30 days.

When Mexicans give you their phone number, they will usually give you 10 digits.
This is the way to dial:

Given number: 55 12 34 56 78

From a Mexican cellphone----------------- 55 12 34 56 78
From a public phone ------------------ 044 55 12 34 56 78
From a foreigner cellphone ------- +52 1 55 12 34 56 78
SMS from a foreigner cellphone---- +52 55 12 34 56 78
What's App messenger ------------+52 1 55 12 34 56 78