T-Mobile US offers a service called PAYG that allows you to keep your phone number for $3 per month. This service is very useful because you need a US number for Google Hangouts, etc. However, this plan does not include any data. You need a Data Pass to use data communication.
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If you use Japan Airlines (JAL), you will arrive at Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), the gateway to Paris. It is very easy to get a SIM card there. When you go to the baggage claim area, you will find a SIM card sales counter as shown in the picture below. This is what you can get there. O…
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Well, this time I went to Dresden, an ancient city in Germany, from October 10th. I couldn't get a flight to Dresden because it was crowded, so I decided to go overland from Berlin, and I got a SIM at Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL). Air Bertie, which has gone bankrupt and will cease operations in a few days, is a company I've been looking for.
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I updated my iPad 2 to iOS 7. Then, I could no longer communicate with my b-mobile data SIM [1]. Looking closely, I found that I could no longer save the APN. I tried again and again, even resetting the network and resetting everything, but it didn't work. Even there...
Further display How to communicate with iPad 2 + iOS 7 + b-mobileI'm at IETF 84. As usual, I got a SIM card, but this time I got one from Telus. The plan I always worry about is Talk + Data + Messaging, but I'm afraid that's all I'll get, so I added Data 30 as an add-on, which is a bit extravagant. That gives me 1GB…
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I already have a SIM lock free iPhone 4s, so I thought it would be a waste to pay 2000 to 3000 yen a day to Softbank, so I went to the Orange store in Montparnasse and got a SIM. It took about XNUMX minutes including the waiting time, but the staff at the store were very friendly and helpful.
Further display Unlimited data usage with France's Orange Mobicarte (with its catches)Just after exiting customs at Schiphol Airport, there is a store selling unlocked phones and SIM cards. I bought a prepaid SIM card from an MVNO called Ortel. €24.95=€9.95 (sim card) + €7.50 (phone charges) + €7.50 (other plans)…
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Mobile payments are actually quite popular in East Africa. The Safari.com SIM I used this time also uses it. It is provided as a SIM application. The communication protocol(?) they use is called USSD. It's a kind of secure SMS. It's strange that it's hardly used in Japan.
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