I visit Japan frequently, and have a Japanese SIM card that I use in an Android phone when there.
Due to Japanese legal restrictions, my SIM card is for data only. Thus, in a standard work-around for foreigners, I get voice by running VoIP software (in my case, something called SmartTALK). This gives me a fixed Japanese VoIP mobile phone number (050…).
I have WhatsApp installed on this phone, and would like to use it as SmartTALK does not have messaging options. However, when I enter my 050 number, I am told that it is not recognised.
How can I use WhatsApp with my Japanese phone? Is there another messaging package that I should be using which would be compatible with SmartTALK?
Thank you
Due to Japanese legal restrictions, my SIM card is for data only. Thus, in a standard work-around for foreigners, I get voice by running VoIP software (in my case, something called SmartTALK). This gives me a fixed Japanese VoIP mobile phone number (050…).
I have WhatsApp installed on this phone, and would like to use it as SmartTALK does not have messaging options. However, when I enter my 050 number, I am told that it is not recognised.
How can I use WhatsApp with my Japanese phone? Is there another messaging package that I should be using which would be compatible with SmartTALK?
Thank you
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