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Q: SIM cards registered to an ID?
I have just been to China Telecom to register my mobile SIM card to my wifes ID.
According to my wife, any SIM cards without an ID attached will be cancelled from next month.
This applies to China Unicom too apparently.
Anyone else heard this ?
Just buy a sim on Taobao, much better deals on there for sims & 3G/4G GB deals
Yes, I couldn't get SIM myself in Henan last September and somewhere else before that. In Fujian.
School's rep. got me SIM card with 10 Rmb charge per month, doesn't matter how much I use the phone, which is rare. I don't think, I dial 10 Rmb calls per month.
I got a text message from cmcc saying that i should register, if i do i will be given 5 rmb free credit, nothing about it being canceled though, thats just the commie rumour mill in action. Thing is though i already registered with my passport when i got this number years ago in a cmcc shop
ScotsAlan:
I have been getting loads of notification notices from China Mobile. But I cant read Chinese. My wife said they say "register or be cut off".
It shouldn't need to be registered to your wife's ID, but to your passport.
There's been a discussion on Gokunming about this. Some of the China Mobile shops (smaller ones there were refusing to sell new SIM cards to foreigners, insisting on Chinese ID's but the bigger ones had no problem accepting a foreign passport.
http://www.gokunming.com/en/forums/thread/9292/no_sim_cards_for_foreigners
The thread started a year ago but have very recent comments at the end
ScotsAlan:
I offered my passport, but the shop staff declined it. Said it would be easier to put it on my wifes ID. But they did have a special desk in the shop just for ID registration. I think they mean it this time. Then again, maybe its a ploy. We were both given new 4G sim cards. Neither of us have 4 G phones.
Just buy a sim on Taobao, much better deals on there for sims & 3G/4G GB deals
