When you receive the Go to Beijing China cards you purchased, they have been activated automatically. Just follow the instructions below and you’ll be ready to call or upload once you reach China:

1. Travel to Beijing or other destination in China.
2. Break out the SIM Card from the package you received.
3. Then insert this SIM Card into your GSM phone, following your mobile phone user manual. If your GSM phone is SIM locked to your wireless operator’s network, please see the Mobile Phone Requirement section of this guide for instructions to unlock your phone.
4. Make sure your phone battery has been charged.
5. Switch on your mobile phone.

Your Go to Beijing China SIM card provides you with a China Mobile cellular phone number starting with ‘1’, which can be found on the back of your SIM card package.

MAKING INTERNATIONAL CALLS

To make an international call, please enter all numbers starting with the ‘1259300’, followed by the country code (1 for the US/Canada), area code and phone number. For example, to call (213) 337-5555 in US, you would dial 1259300 1 213 337 5555. The call minutes of your card will be significantly reduced if you do not follow this instruction.

MAKING LOCAL CALLS

To make a call to a local fixed line number in China, please enter all numbers starting with the ‘0’, followed by the area code. For example, to call (21) 2543-8888 in Shanghai, China, you would dial 0 21 2543 8888.

To make a call to a mobile number, please enter all numbers directly. For example, to call 139 010 28647 of China Mobile user, you would dial 139 010 28647.

RECEIVING CALLS

Family & friends need to dial the international direct dialing prefix for the country they are calling from followed by your new number. For example, if your Go to Beijing China SIM card number is 139 010 28647, your friends in the
US/Canada should dial 011 86 139 010 28647 to reach your new mobile number in China.

For your family & friends in China, they will dial all numbers directly to reach you if they are calling from another China mobile phone or a local fixed line number. If they are calling from another city in China, they need to enter all numbers starting with the ‘0’. For example, if your Go to Beijing China SIM card number is 139 010 28647, your friends would dial 0 139 010 28647 to reach you.

HOW TO SHARE PHOTO AND VIDEO TO YOUR FRIEND AT HOME

You have two options to share your photos and videos with your friends at home through our sharing service partner CBS iMobile.

By email:
1. Set GPRS connection on your mobile phone in accordance with the phone’s user guide. The APN (Access Point Name) is ‘CMNET’. The username and password are blank.
2. Set up your own email box parameters of pop3 and smtp servers on your mobile phone in accordance with the phone’s user guide.
3. Set up the personal email address you received when you registered at CBS iMobile, for example, xxxx@cbseyemobile.com, on your mobile phone as a frequent contact. If you have not previously received a personal email address, you may use olympics@cbseyemobile.com instead.
4. Take a photo or video.
5. Create a new email, attach the photo or video to the message, and send to the personal email address for CBS iMobile.
6. Send the email and then the photo or video will be shared.

By MMS:
1. Set GPRS connection on your mobile phone in accordance with the phone’s user guide. The APN (Access Point Name) is ‘CMWAP’. The username and password are blank.
2. Set up the MMS center in accordance with the phone’s user guide. The gateway is ‘10.0.0.172’, the port is ‘9201’, and the MMS server address is http://mmsc.monternet.com .
3. Set up the personal email address you received when you registered at CBS iMobile, for example, xxxx@cbseyemobile.com, on your mobile phone as a frequent contact. If you have not previously received a personal email address, you may use olympics@cbseyemobile.com instead.
4. Take a photo or video.
5. Create a new MMS, attach the photo or video to the message, and send to the personal email address for CBS iMobile.
6. The preferred size for photo or video when sending via an MMS network is 200Kb or less for best performance.
7. Send the MMS and then the photo or video will be shared.

RECHARGE

We highly recommend that you use our online recharge service to recharge your card as it is a complicated process to recharge credit on your own in China.

To sign up for the automatic recharge service please visit www.GotoBeijingChina.com and choose ‘recharge service’. After payment, the added airtime and service package will be refilled into your card within one business day.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

To contact customer service with China Mobile network, please dial 10086 from your mobile phone within China

To contact customer service with our sharing service package, please visit our website www.GotoBeijingChina.com or send email to: Service@GotoBeijingChina.com

For assistance with CBS iMobile, please visit the online help at http://www.cbseyemobile.com/static/faq/, or you may email problems@cbseyemobile.com.

SERVICE EXPIRATION

The phone service life of your Go to Beijing China Gold Card or Silver Card is 6 months from when you purchased on the website, and the Bronze Card is 3 months. To extend the life of the card, you should contact our customer service.

MOBILE PHONE REQUIREMENT

If you wish to use your own phone from home, make sure to bring a compatible GSM/GPRS 900/1800 dual-frequency mobile phone. Though most phones you received from Operators such AT&T or T-Mobile in the US are GSM world phones which support 900/1800, you need to contact them to get a SIM Unlock code to unlock your mobile phone before you leave for China by telling them you are going to use a China Mobile SIM card when you are in China. They might not be happy to lose the lucrative roaming charges, but it is their legal obligation to unlock the phone for your international trips.

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