China Telecom esim receives short messages.

It is free to receive short messages in the United States after opening international roaming.

If you roam to the United States, the network coverage of CMDA in the United States is good at present. I suggest you use C network. Roaming to the United States and using the local C network to answer and call the local 2.99 yuan/minute; Call Chinese mainland (excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao) 4.99 yuan/minute; Call other countries or regions according to the tariff standard of overseas roaming partners; Sending a short message to Chinese mainland is 0.49 yuan/message, and sending it to other countries or regions1.1message/message is free of charge. Internet access fee is 0.008 yuan /KB.