China-Information

Requirements for Service

900/2100MHz

Activating Your SIM

There’s no need to activate your SIM Card!

Your SIM arrives fully activated and ready to call. If you’re interested in saving even more money, please see the section titled„Tariffs“ to select a rate plan that fits your needs.

10086 Normal Customer Support Line.
+8613800100186 Customer Service Outside of China

The customer service lines are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

It’s reccomended you add some airtime to your card prior to use. It arrives with an initial balance of approximately $10 USD

Please turn off all data on your smart phone until you subscribe to an internet package!

Service is VERY expensive and it will rapidly exhaust your balance!

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Adding airtime

There are a couple different ways to add airtime:

1. Purchase a Recharge Card at 7-11, Circle K, Vango, Express, etc. These come in various denominations to fit any budget. Credit is added instantly and you will receive a SMS confirmation message with your new balance.

2. On the Internet with your credit card. There are numerous independant retailers which will add airtime credit using a credit card. An official China Unicom partner is ezetop, their website is: http://www.ezetop.com/countries/asia/china/

Sample Airtime Cards

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To add credit, follow these instructions:

• Purchase a China Mobile recharge card
• Scratch off the grey area to reveal your 18 digit topup code
• Dial 13800138000 from your handset
• Press 1 for change the language to English
• Press 1 to start the recharge process
• When asked, enter the 18-digit recharge topup PIN
• The system will confirm the airtime has been added

If you have any difficulties with this process, please call 14008200293 or 10086 and the customer service rep will add the airtime for you.

Airtime/Card Expiration Dates

When you add airtime to your account, you’ll receive a confirmation SMS message with the expiration date. In general, the larger the denomination, the longer the duration.

Your SIM card will be deactivated if the balance is close to zero and there is no activity for a couple months.

Airtime durations:

Topup Amount Expiration
50 RMB Three Months
100 RMB Six Months
300 RMB One Year
500 RMB One Year

If you’ll be out of China for an extended period and would like to keep your SIM and telephone number active, we offer a service for only $19.95/year. Please contact moc.liamg|moceletsrelevart#moc.liamg|moceletsrelevart for more information.

Contacting Customer Support

Customer support is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

10086 is the main customer support number.

+8613800100186customer service outside of China.

You can always email us at moc.eletsrelevart|troppus#moc.eletsrelevart|troppus with any questions or concerns!

Checking Your Balance

Checking your balance is easy and free of charge, simply dial 13800138000

Tariffs

All plans come with FREE incoming calls anywhere in China. Voicemail and Caller ID are included at no additional cost.

Standard Rates

Incoming Calls ( inside Shenzhen and Guangdong Province ): free
Roaming Incoming Calls ( outside Guangdong Province): 0.39 RMB/min

Local Outgoing Calls: 0.29 RMB/min (0:00-11:00), 0.49 RMB/min (11:00-24:00)
Domestic Long Distance Outgoing Calls: 0.29 yuan/min (0:00-11:00), 0.49 RMB/min (11:00-24:00)
Roaming Domestic Outgoing Calls ( inside Shenzhen and Guangdong Province ): 0.49 RMB/min
Roaming Domestic Outgoing Calls ( outside Guangdong Province): 0.49 RMB/min
Long Distance Outgoing Calls to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan: 12593 international service available
International Long Distance Outgoing Calls to other countries and regions: 12593 international service available

Domestic Text SMS: 0.15 RMB / message
International Text SMS: 1.00 RMB / message
GPRS: 1.00 RMB / MB

12593 Preferential Express

Local Outgoing Calls: 0.19 yuan/RMB (0:00-11:00), 0.39 RMB/min (11:00-24:00)
Domestic Long Distance Outgoing Calls: 0.39 RMB/min

International Long Distance outgoing Calls to USA ( including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, UK, France, Germany, Italy: 0.39 yuan/min

International Long Distance outgoing Calls to Macao, Vietnam, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bengal, Brunei: 0.99 RMB/min

International Long Distance outgoing Calls to Philippines, Indonesia, Spain, Holand, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Ghana, Algeria, Israel, Tanzania, Colombia: 1.99 RMB/min

International Long Distance outgoing Calls to Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Yemen, Greece, Poland, Ukraine, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Brazil, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela: 2.99 RMB/min

International Long Distance outgoing Calls to countries and regions not listed above: 7.99 RMB/min

WAP, GPRS, MMS and 3G Settings

NOTE: Virtually 100% of the time your phone will automatically configure these settings. There’s no need to manually input or change them!

NAP

Name 1: GPRSMMSChinaMobile
APN: cmwap
Login:
Password:
Liner time: 300 Seconds

Name 2: GPRSMMS2ChinaMobile
APN: cmnet
Login:
Password:
Liner time: 300 Seconds

Proxies

Name 1: ProxyMMS1ChinaMobile
Login:
Password:
Proxy server 1 address type: IP address
Address: 10.0.0.172
Port: 9201

Name 2: ProxyMMS2ChinaMobile
Login:
Password:
Proxy server 1 address type: IP address
Address: 218.107.154.132
Port: 9201

MMS

Relay server URL: http://mmsc.monternet.com

SMS

Service center numbers:

Shenzhen +8613800755500

Beijing +8613800100500

Shanghai +8613800210500

Please call customer service at 10086 for the local number in other areas.

Internet Access

By default, GPRS / EDGE internet is activated. The pay-as-you-go rate is 2 yuan / day, which includes 5 MB traffic, each additional MB is 1 yuan.

Here’s a list of GPRS data plans and their prices:

5 yuan / month (30 MB traffic)
10 yuan / month (70 MB traffic)
20 yuan / month (150 MB traffic)
50 yuan / month (500 MB traffic)
100 yuan / month (2000 MB traffic)
200 yuan / month (5000 MB traffic)

To sign up, simply add enough credit to your SIM card to cover the subscription, then call customer service at10086 and let them know which rate plan you want.

If you can read Chinese, you can subscribe via SMS.
To activate internet, send a message containing "BLGPRS" to 10086
To cancel internet, send a message containing "QXGPRS" to 10086
To verifiy your internet, send a message containing"CXGPRS" to 10086
To check usage, send a message containing "CXGPRSTC" to 10086

Coverage and Roaming

Your China Mobile SIM card has coverage in virtually 100 percent of more developed areas. Unless you’re in extremely rural countryside, you’ll never have to worry about reception.

3G data is available in large cities (Beijing, Shanghai, etc.) and coverage is rapidly expanding elsewhere.

There are no roaming charges within China for mobile internet while using this card.

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ADDITIONAL CONTENT

How to Dial Domestic Calls

To dial a domestic long distance call to a landline phone:Dial 0-City Code-Phone Number

To dial a domestic local call to landline phone: Dial-Phone Number(typically 8 digits)

To dial a Chinese mobile number: Dial the number given (numbers start with 1 and are 11 digits)

To send an SMS while in China:Send your SMS exactly the same way you would at home.

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