Get a local phone is very essential when you have a China Tour. No matter you are going through a travel to Beijing, travel to Shanghai or travel to Xi’an, get a local phone can make your trip easier and more effective. You just stop at a paper vending store on the street side, and pay 20-50 RMB for a Chinese local number. The whole progress will end in 1 minute.
Nowadays there are 3 companies are developing domestic mobile services, they are China Mobile, China Unicom and Chine telecom. Just like AT&T in the United States, or Vodafone in Europe.
China Mobile, provides mobile voice and multimedia service through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network, the largest of its kind in the world. As of 2009, it has the world’s largest mobile phone subscriber base, with over 508 million customers, is the largest Chinese company listed overseas and is the largest telecom in Asia. Go-Tone, EasyOwn and M-Zone are three brand services which are offering by China Mobile.
China Unicom, the company had 125 million GSM subscribers and 43 million CDMA subscribers. ompared to other mobile providers China Unicom is ranked as the world’s third-biggest mobile provider. On 7 January, 2009, China Unicom was awarded WCDMA license to expand its business to 3G telecommunication.
China Telecom China Telecom has the largest single WiFi wireless broadband network with over 30,000 hotspot locations covering hotels, restaurants and transportation facilities in over 250 major Chinese cities including Shanghai, Guangzhou,Shenzhen, Nanning, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Dalian, Kunming, Wuhan, Chongqing and Xi’an.
Taking your own GSM mobile phone to China and getting a mobile phone SIM card is very easy. You don’t have to be a resident and you don’t even need a lot of cash. Go into a mobile phone shop – they are everywhere – and say “Sim Ka” while pointing at your mobile phone. You will be shown a list of numbers usually quite variable in price depending on the numbers in it.
Remember the plug for your phone probably won’t fit the socket – you’ll need an adapter. Your phone charger most likely will accept 220 volts – look on it and see if it is rated for 100-240 volts. Most are these days. You can find adapters in China but if you get one before you go then you’re set.
Please remember to get a Chinese local cellphone number when you are having your China Tour. Feel free to leave any questions you may want to ask on the blog, and visit chinatraveldepot.com for more infos about China Tours.
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