Prepaid phones with data in Malaysia/Borneo
March 8, 2010 4:01 AM Subscribe
Prepaid phones with data in Malaysia/Borneo
I'm travelling to Malaysia and Borneo next week and am looking for suggestions of prepaid mobile phone providers and plans that offer prepaid and 3G or even 2G data plans to use on my iPhone while I'm there.
We're going to spend a fair bit of time in Malaysian Borneo, specifically Sabah. It would make travelling very easy if we can get a mobile with data to use on my unlocked iPhone.
Any help would be fantastic. Thanks in advance! :)
I'm travelling to Malaysia and Borneo next week and am looking for suggestions of prepaid mobile phone providers and plans that offer prepaid and 3G or even 2G data plans to use on my iPhone while I'm there.
We're going to spend a fair bit of time in Malaysian Borneo, specifically Sabah. It would make travelling very easy if we can get a mobile with data to use on my unlocked iPhone.
Any help would be fantastic. Thanks in advance! :)
These are the five GSM/GPRS/EDGE operators in Malaysia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekom_Malaysia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celcom_Berhad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxis_Communications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiGi_Telecommunications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Mobile
In my experience developing nations like Malaysia do better with phone service than US carriers, you should be able to pay cash for a prepaid SIM card and load it with (about $25/month) "unlimited" GPRS data service from a point of sale kiosk, and be finished in 15 minutes...
posted by thewalrus at 4:49 AM on March 8, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekom_Malaysia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celcom_Berhad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxis_Communications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiGi_Telecommunications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Mobile
In my experience developing nations like Malaysia do better with phone service than US carriers, you should be able to pay cash for a prepaid SIM card and load it with (about $25/month) "unlimited" GPRS data service from a point of sale kiosk, and be finished in 15 minutes...
posted by thewalrus at 4:49 AM on March 8, 2010
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