How to get voicemail messages forwarded to roaming mobile phone

JConnect offers a free phone number at an area code of their choice in the U.S. This service is called JConnect Free. For a monthly fee (about $15) you can sign up for a phone number in a specific area code and access their premium features. This service is called JConnect Premier. Although there may be other companies offering similar services, this is the only one I’ve tried. Once you have your JConnect phone number you can listen to voicemail messages by email.  JConnect emails you the voicemail message and you can play it on your computer. This is a practical feature if you’re traveling because it eliminates the need to call for your voicemail message.

Sometimes I have limited or infrequent access to my computer or to the Internet. When that happens it’s more convenient and faster to receive the voicemail messages on my mobile phone. JConnect makes that possible quickly and easily; and as a JConnect Premier member I pay no additional fees to forward my voicemail messages. My mobile phone company charges me for text messages when I’m roaming but the cost is usually very inexpensive.

If you travel a lot you may be able to take advantage of this service. First find out if your mobile phone is enabled for MMS (a multimedia message service that allows pictures and sound) and if the service is available where you are. If so you will likely be able to receive WAV files. If MMS service is unavaialble or your mobile phone is not enabled, forwarding voicemails to the mobile phone won’t work because your phone won’t be able to play the audio recording of the voicemail.

If your phone is enabled for MMS files and the mobile phone company offers MMS service you’re half way there. To receive your forwarded voicemails on your mobile phone, configure your JConnect account to submit your voicemails in WAV format.  Then forward the voicemails to your mobile phone text message email account. The email address should be the one that you use to forward text messages to your mobile phone. Once the voicemail messages arrive you can read your text message and it automatically plays the attached WAV file with your voicemail message. I just tried this in the U.S. and U.K. and it worked like a charm!