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Mobile Phones There are several options on the mobile phone front: 1. The easiest, but most expensive way is to bring your phone to china and keep it on your home network with roaming enabled. This will enable you to receive and make phone calls using your phone number. However this option is expensive due to roaming charges. Additionally, people within China will be charged more because they will have to ring internationally. 2. The second, and by far the most popular option, is to buy a local sim card. The sim cards are available for a one-time fee of approximately 100RMB ($12USD) and work on recharge cards thereafter, recharge cards being available at 50, 100, 300 and 500 RMB respectively. There are a couple of options when choosing a network for your local sim: A. China mobile, This works throughout china and the sim are available at many outlets throughout china including the airport. The price to make a local call on this network is 0.60 RMB per minute. However the downside to China mobile is that they also charge a small fee for receiving phone calls. International calls vary dependant on the country you are calling B. The other option is to get a local sim card that works only in the city you are in. Choosing this option allows you to receive calls without being charged. If you are bringing a mobile phone with you please ensure that it is capable of accepting sim cards for other networks. NOTE: NSC NOW PROVIDES EVERY STUDENT WITH A MOBILE PHONE AND LOCAL SIM CARD, WHICH IS YOURS TO KEEP! JUST ONE OF THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH NSC STRIVES TO MAKE THE TRANSITION TO CHINA AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. class=”style8″>Internet & Fax Gaining access to the Internet in china is relatively easy, there are internet cafes dotted around town, also university campuses and some cafes provide internet services (prices vary depending on the institution but start from 5RMB an hour). It also easy to gain dial up access from your home through landlines, and depending on your accommodation broadband services may be available. Faxing services are available at a fee at various outlets. NSC will receive faxes for students at no fee and send them at cost price. (Service only available to our Beijing students). Telephone Access There are public phone booths available around Beijing they require either coins, or sometimes calling cards. Calling cards are available from the post office, hotels, newsstands and convenience stores. The phones take all coins and the phone cards (IC cards) come in 30,50 and 100 RMB denominations Long Distance Calling Cards Calling cards are one of the most inexpensive ways to make international calls. The cards are used with landlines and are easy to use; they usually have English instructions on the back of the card. The cards can be obtained from mobile phone shops, some convince stores and newsstands. There are also a variety of different companies offering cards and the charges vary dependant of time of call and the country you are calling. Another inexpensive option is to make international calls over the Internet, using programs such as Skype. Express Mailing Services Beijing Shuang Chen Express Co. Ltd Tel: +86(0)10-64362244 DHL-Sinotrans Ltd. Tel: +86(0)10-64662211 EMS Tel: +86(0)10-63037596 or +86(0)10-65129948 FedEx Tel: +86(0)10-64623188 TNT Tel: +86(0)10-64677877 , +86(0)10-64672517 UPS |
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