25.Travel Tips Telecommunications Mobile Phones
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Travel Tips
Telecommunications
Mobile Phones
You can use your mobile phone in Beijing
if your phone unlocked. There are mobile phone shops all over the city
that sell China SIM cards and numbers. When you buy phone time and pay
as you go, the rates are generally very cheap, you can buy phone time at
the mobile phone shop, newspaper kiosks and convenience stores. If your
phone is locked then you can buy a new phone as well as a SIM card at
the mobile phone shops. Because almost everyone in China has a mobile
phone the coverage is extensive in the city. If you need to buy a phone
or get a SIM card there are kiosks at the airport. The two major mobile
phone networks in China are China Mobile and China Unicom.
Internet Access
There are many internet cafes to get
access to the internet, the fee is around CNY3 to CNY10. As well, most
larger hotels have computers with internet access available for guests.
Major hotels and internet cafes have a wireless network that you can
access with your laptop. You can use dialup access from your laptop as
well, you don’t need an ISP (Internet Service Provider) because China
has an ISP in the phone system. The phone line will get billed, you will
get the phone number, login and password from the owner of the phone
line.
Public phone booth.
Phone Calls
International calls dialing out: 00 |
country code | area code | number. There are many roadside public
phones, look for the IDD signs. IDD calls have a three minute minimum
charge.
Direct long distance calls (DDD): 0 | area code | number. Look for public phones that are marked DDD or IDD.
Long distance calling cards: You can buy a
long distance calling cards called an IP card from convenience stores
and newspaper stands. All you need to do is dial up the local access
number and then use the PIN number on the back of the long distance
calling card. The rates are usually cheaper than calling from a
landline.
Newspapers
China Daily is the only English language
newspaper. The paper is published daily with a weekend edition on
Sunday, you can find it in most hotels, bookstores, and on the street.
Radio
China Radio International is
government-owned and the only national broadcasting radio station that
broadcasts to the world. Radio programming includes music, news,
cultural topics, science and technology, celebrity and entertainment
news, world entertainment news, world news, sports, etc. The English
channels are 88.7 FM and 91.5 FM as well as 846 AM and 1008 AM, you can
also listen to some programming online.
Television
China Central Television (CCTV)
broadcasts in English 24 hours a day. Most large hotels have satellite
TV that receive 100s of channels from all over the world.
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