Korea

Sicily! · **Korea -** 06-06-2012, 02:53

Hello,

I will be on business an hour and a half north of Seoul in Korea. I am hoping to bring my iPhone 4S and have use a local prepaid SIM card.

Any recommendations about carriers?

What about Data?

I am coming from the US.

pencil · 26-12-2012, 08:26

I'll write some info about prepaid SIM card of South Korea.

1. kt olleh SIMple Charge

kt Expat Blog :: Using your device has never been SIMpler?olleh SIMple!

* There are "Prepaid" packages of kt, but olleh SIMple is cheaper and also provides longer validity.

* Data plans exists: kt Expat Blog :: Prepaid Rate Plans (Prepaid Data Plus package)
* There are olleh SIMple data packages and its price plan is the same as Prepaid Data Plus package.
* kt offers unlimited olleh WiFi access to data plan users, except for 100MB plan.

* There is no international roaming.

2. SK 7mobile

SK telink 7 mobile (click "English" on the top-right)

* MVNO service which provides cheap international call rates.

* Prepaid data: 0.01 KRW per 0.5KB (20 KRW/MB)
* WiFi: 110 KRW/day (access to T wifi zone; T wifi (Korean page))

* There is no international roaming.

Marschel · 24-10-2013, 17:55

Are there any Prepaid aka Pay As You Go plans which includes LTE?

Stu · 26-10-2013, 22:59

Warning: I've read that many wifi nets block VOIP in South Korea.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/S...le-VoIP-120396

pencil · 18-11-2013, 18:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stu

Warning: I've read that many wifi nets block VOIP in South Korea.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/S...le-VoIP-120396

Well, it is not true most of the cases.

A certain level of control of MNOs over Mobile VoIP exists on their 3G/4G network, not on WiFi.

pencil · 18-11-2013, 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marschel

Are there any Prepaid aka Pay As You Go plans which includes LTE?

In my knowledge, there's no LTE PAYG plan yet.

Most of subscribers are using post-paid plans in Korea, so PAYG plans are not competitive now.

Collin · 04-04-2015, 08:07

* Data plans exists: kt Expat Blog :: Prepaid Rate Plans (Prepaid Data Plus package)
* There are olleh SIMple data packages and its price plan is the same as Prepaid Data Plus package.
* kt offers unlimited olleh WiFi access to data plan users, except for 100MB plan.

DRNewcomb · 28-10-2015, 14:04

The links in the 2nd post from the top appear to be dead.

DRNewcomb · 24-04-2016, 22:42

This summer a niece will be traveling to S. Korea to visit a schoolmate. I was looking at KT's olleh rates and it seems pretty clear except data, which is priced at ₩ 0.01 per unit. I have no idea what the unit is. http://global.olleh.com/eng/mobile/p...lansLinkUrl.do

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Sicily! (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 4 Join Date: 06 Jan 2012 Country:	Korea - 06-06-2012, 02:53 Hello, I will be on business an hour and a half north of Seoul in Korea. I am hoping to bring my iPhone 4S and have use a local prepaid SIM card. Any recommendations about carriers? What about Data? I am coming from the US.

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pencil (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 3 Join Date: 26 Dec 2012 Country:	26-12-2012, 08:26 I'll write some info about prepaid SIM card of South Korea. 1. kt olleh SIMple Charge kt Expat Blog :: Using your device has never been SIMpler?olleh SIMple! * There are "Prepaid" packages of kt, but olleh SIMple is cheaper and also provides longer validity. * Data plans exists: kt Expat Blog :: Prepaid Rate Plans (Prepaid Data Plus package) * There are olleh SIMple data packages and its price plan is the same as Prepaid Data Plus package. * kt offers unlimited olleh WiFi access to data plan users, except for 100MB plan. * There is no international roaming. 2. SK 7mobile SK telink 7 mobile (click "English" on the top-right) * MVNO service which provides cheap international call rates. * Prepaid data: 0.01 KRW per 0.5KB (20 KRW/MB) * WiFi: 110 KRW/day (access to T wifi zone; T wifi (Korean page)) * There is no international roaming.

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Marschel (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 48 Join Date: 27 Jul 2013 Location: Nuremberg Country:	24-10-2013, 17:55 Are there any Prepaid aka Pay As You Go plans which includes LTE? Home: Telekom Deutschland (Business & Consumer contract) Abroad: AT: 3Reload iPad, Iniative 100%, Nimm3 Internet Klassik, Orange Wertkarte, Wowww!, yesss! classic, yesss! complete; CH: Sunrise, Swisscom Natel easy; ES: Movistar, Orange; GR: Cosmote, WIND; LU: Orange; NL: AH MOBIEL, T-Mobile; SE: Telenor, Telia; UK: 3Play, Lycamobile, Truphone, Virgin Mobile Devices: Apple iPad mini with Retina, iPhone 5s; Huawei B593u-12, E5372Ts-32; Samsung Galaxy Note II LTE

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	26-10-2013, 22:59 Warning: I've read that many wifi nets block VOIP in South Korea. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/S...le-VoIP-120396

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Collin (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 1 Join Date: 04 Apr 2015 Country:	04-04-2015, 08:07 * Data plans exists: kt Expat Blog :: Prepaid Rate Plans (Prepaid Data Plus package) * There are olleh SIMple data packages and its price plan is the same as Prepaid Data Plus package. * kt offers unlimited olleh WiFi access to data plan users, except for 100MB plan. NAT

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	28-10-2015, 14:04 The links in the 2nd post from the top appear to be dead.

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	24-04-2016, 22:42 This summer a niece will be traveling to S. Korea to visit a schoolmate. I was looking at KT's olleh rates and it seems pretty clear except data, which is priced at ₩ 0.01 per unit. I have no idea what the unit is. http://global.olleh.com/eng/mobile/p...lansLinkUrl.do