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Guangzhou:Purchasing sim card from airport With Free incomming International calls
Posted: Mon March 5, 2007 03:34 PM UTC

Hi
I am planning to come to Guangzhou in one week time can any body
Be nice to guide me about purchasing sim card
I am using GSM phone & it is unlocked
I want to know if it is possible to buy sim card for mobile telephone from Guangzhou airport(With free incomming International calls) if yes where on the airport I can buy which company is good and what it cost
Thanks

alsom

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RE: Guangzhou:Purchasing sim card from airport With Free incomming International calls
Posted: Mon March 5, 2007 07:57 PM UTC

I have not flew into the new Guangdong airport yet but if it is same as the Beijing and Shanghai airports you will find China Mobile booths along the way that sells pre-paid SIM cards, usually 250 RMB each (need to draw some RMB at the first ATM).
You will have to pay a small fee for incoming calls but whether they are international or not they will be considered local calls only.

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polartraveller

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RE: RE: Guangzhou:Purchasing sim card from airport With Free incomming International calls
Posted: Wed March 7, 2007 05:04 AM UTC

250RMB? Thats an awfully high price!!The airport must be making a nice profit from that!! Usually you can buy SIM cards startng from 40RMB. I wouldnt pay more than 100RMB for a SIM card. If you wanted free incoming international calls you would have to have a chinese resident card and be signed up that way..a traveller cannot get a SIM card like that otherwise its all pay as you go and you pay for incoming and outgoing calls no matter where they are from.

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RE: RE: Guangzhou:Purchasing sim card from airport With Free incomming International calls
Posted: Wed March 7, 2007 01:57 PM UTC

yes but they do come with the new SIM card and also can be used for long distance, I guess either do that or go to one of the booth at the street corners.

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polartraveller

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RE: RE: Guangzhou:Purchasing sim card from airport With Free incomming International calls
Posted: Wed March 7, 2007 01:59 PM UTC

just to be clear, the 250RMB SIM card include airtimes, not just the cost of the SIM card

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