Received text message while in airplane mode

I recently flew to South America and put my phone (Samsung SGS3) into airplane mode. Imagine my surprise when during my flight I received a text message from Verizon, saying "Welcome to Mexico." And then more info about signing up for a global plan. How did Verizon know I was crossing over Mexico and how did they send me a text message? Isn't airplane mode suppposed to turn off all radios? Wifi was not on either. I was on American, which does have wifi, but my wifi was turned off. Or does airplane mode not really turn everything off?

The show SMS preview option off with a passcode lock enabled is for when your iPhone is locked.
If unlocked and being used, the assumption is it will be you that is using your iPhone, and I don't have anyone looking over my shoulder when I'm using my iPhone.
Before allowing someone else to handle or use your iPhone, turn on Airplane mode so that no SMS or calls can be recieved when someone else is using your iPhone. If internet access is required when someone else is using your iPhone and there is an available wi-fi network that you have access to, you can turn on wi-fi access with Airplane mode enabled. This won't prevent someone else that you allow to use your iPhone from reading your SMS or email, but if I discovered someone I allowed to use my iPhone perusing through my SMS or email without my knowledge or permission, that would be the last time they would use my iPhone for any reason.

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