There is also this place that sells international phonecards 电话卡 [dian4hua4ka3] and postage stamps. It’s located on the northern side of DafangAlley 大方巷 [da4fang1xiang4], which is just north of Yunnan Road 云南路 [yun2nan2lu4].
When you go in, you’ll see many stalls, either selling stamps (antique ones also) or telephone cards. This is where they sell it [...]
MOBILE PHONES:
You may already have a mobile phone in your home country. But getting one here allows you to send text messages using Chinese characters! There’s a good place where you can find many sellers of used mobile phones. This used mobile phone market is located one block east of Zhongshan Road on Danfeng Street [...]
Along most streets, you’ll find small kiosks that sell newspapers and magazine. They also sell telephone cards that allow you to call out of the country. Just tell them the country you want to call to and ask which card gives the best rate.
Examples of cards are the 17970 card, the 17968 card etc. Different [...]
MOBILE PHONES
You may already have a mobile phone in your home country. But getting one here allows you to send text messages using Chinese characters! There’s a good place where you can find many sellers of used mobile phones. Look at the map below and I’ll explain further…
Danfeng Street (the pink line) is located one [...]
Your SIM card is the one that you slot into the mobile phone. Usually, you’ll get number that starts with 138, 137, 139 etc…
My number is a 138 number from China Mobile. I applied for it here in Nanjing. It’s a number you can easily top up at China Mobile 中国移动通信 [zhong1guo2yi2dong4tong1xin4] shops. Below are [...]
There two major telecom companies here in Nanjing:
1. China Telecom 中国电信 [zhong1guo2dian4xin4]
AND…
2. China Unicom 中国联通 [zhong1guo2lian2tong1]
What else to add, guys?