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    Using 3HK mobile in Macau

    Off to Macau tomorrow, anyone know if you can use your HK mobile there, or even China mobile for that matter????

    Cheers!


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    Quote Originally Posted by tessaanderson:
    Off to Macau tomorrow, anyone know if you can use your HK mobile there, or even China mobile for that matter????

    Cheers!
    If you have roaming enabled by 3HK, then yes.

    However you will get charged for roaming rates as set out by 3HK.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pin:
    If you have roaming enabled by 3HK, then yes.

    However you will get charged for roaming rates as set out by 3HK.
    You can buy a HK-Macau SIM from three in HK (blue colour, 100 HK$ valid for only 1 month). Receiving calls in HK or Macau under your HK number will cost 0.7 HK$.
    Alternatively you could buy a SIM in Macau for 50 MOP. Charges for local airtime: 0.40 MOP per minute.

    The area near the ferry and around the water reservoir and other areas that are close to or have visibility to China have quite good 3g signals for China Unicom. (2g is not as good).

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    Sorry to sound a bit daft, but if you are on 3 HK in HK and you go to Macau, I presume this is treated as roaming?


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    Quote Originally Posted by dossier:
    Sorry to sound a bit daft, but if you are on 3 HK in HK and you go to Macau, I presume this is treated as roaming?
    Yes it is.


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    I guess none of the HK network masts stretch as far as Macau then...


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    Quote Originally Posted by dossier:
    I guess none of the HK network masts stretch as far as Macau then...
    Nope!

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    Is there anything more reasonably priced than effectively data roaming on 3G from a HK network when in Macau or Shenzhen / Guangdong? I see that 3 HK have a daily data pass package, but it's not really that well priced!

    Thanks!


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    Quote Originally Posted by dossier:
    Is there anything more reasonably priced than effectively data roaming on 3G from a HK network when in Macau or Shenzhen / Guangdong? I see that 3 HK have a daily data pass package, but it's not really that well priced!

    Thanks!
    Capped at $48 a day!
    That's reasonable
    emx and shri like this.

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    HKD$98 a day according to the 3 HK web site (for the Daily data pass in Macau on 3 Macau) as a 3 HK customer