Does a Georgian SIM card (Magti/Silknet) work abroad for SMS and data when you travel to a neighboring country?

From messages by 5 participants in 1 source · Last activity: 76 days ago

TL;DR

Based on travelers' experience in summer 2026, a Georgian SIM card roaming in Russia did not receive SMS: in June one traveler complained that messages did not arrive at all, and in July another said everything had worked in Georgia, but bank SMS stopped arriving after returning to Russia. If you need the number for bank codes, arrange another number in advance. In the other direction, an Armenian SIM roaming in Georgia worked well in June 2026: 1 GB of data lasted 5 days.

What the community said

In late July 2026 a traveler wrote that their Georgian SIM card worked fine in Georgia, but after returning to Russia it stopped receiving SMS, including the bank messages they needed. So relying on a Georgian number for bank codes while roaming in Russia is risky.

76 days ago Georgian SIM in Russia: bank SMS not arriving (July 2026)

Back in late June 2026 another traveler complained of the same issue: while roaming in Russia, SMS messages simply would not arrive on a Georgian SIM card. Two such cases over the summer are a reason to check in advance whether you will need to receive SMS on that number after the trip.

105 days ago Roaming in Russia: SMS not reaching a Georgian SIM (June 2026)

An example in the other direction is an Armenian SIM roaming in Georgia. In late June 2026 a traveler back from Tbilisi wrote that 1 GB of roaming on their Armenian SIM lasted 5 days of using taxi apps and a translator, with megabytes to spare: in their words, data usage is low.

108 days ago Armenian SIM in Georgia: 1 GB for 5 days (June 2026)