A method and system for updating a preferred roaming list in a mobile communications device includes: (1) a network programmed to send a message to a mobile communication device; and (2) a voice prompting unit configured to prompt a subscriber of a wireless carrier to enter data via the mobile communications device to thereby initiate a change in a preferred roaming list of the mobile communications device. In a preferred, exemplary embodiment, the SMS message includes text that requests the subscriber call the voice prompting unit.