Yes, you could only get sim card other than rent a a new phone.
let me try to classify 3 operators
1) China Mobile: 2G: GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3G: TDSCDMA
2) China Unicom: 2G: GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 3G:WCDMA
3) China Telcom: 2G: CDMA, 3G:CDMA 2000 1XEVDO
If you would like to get 3G capability, I would recommend to use China
Unicom.
but anyway, China Mobile has the best coverage nation wide.
For buying a sim card inside the downtown, it must be very cheaper,
Normally in Beijing, you could buy prepaid sim card say 100RMB,
the cost will be 0.5 rmb per minutes, it will differently from each
opeartors.
you may easily found them in newspaper selling both which should be very
near the hotel.
it may cost 50RMB, I have no idea.
-Hui
2010/10/27 Dave CROCKER <dhc2(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net>
Nihao,
The Beijing event info includes a reference to getting a sim card at the
airport:
<http://www.ietf79.cn/show.php?contentid=46>
Some references I've seen elsewhere on the net suggest perhaps getting a
China Mobile card in town at a store. (For example, much cheaper.)
What none of these provide is enough detail to know what specific services
will come with the card and at what price. Predictably, I'm particularly
interested in 3G data mode.
(Life in Barcelona was made vastly more comfortable by a second-tier
provider's 100MB/day service at 3 EU/day. I'm hoping there is a similar
option in Beijing that is convenient to obtain.)
Suggestions?
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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