BlackBerry in China - some correct facts

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July 5, 2007 at 11:23 pm · Filed under General

I was wondering that some news sites as well as blogs were reporting that the BlackBerry gets green light for China. Well guys, the BlackBerry has been in available in China Mainland for several months already. Below you will see a map of China and the cities where the BlackBerry and BlackBerry services are available for quite a long time already.

The list from top down of the cities reads as followed: Beijing (åŒ—äº¬), Tianjin (å¤©æ´¥), Nanjing (å?—äº¬), Shanghai (ä¸Šæµ·), Hangzhou (æ?å·ž), Guangzhou (å¹¿å·ž).

Pricing at China Mobile:
398 RMB, 50M GPRS/ month
598 RMB, 400M GPRS/ month

Simon said,

July 6, 2007 @ 1:23 am

There’s confirmed roaming coverage ( http://www.blackberryforums.com/blackberry-network/6141-bb-china.html ), but how long have you been able to sell BlackBerrys in China? Source?

BlackBerryInsight » A BlackBerry Guide for Hong Kong said,

July 14, 2007 @ 11:15 am

[...] Short introduction: For 10 years Hong Kong belongs to China again. Therefor, there are a lot of advantages in that area. It is a so called “special administrative region” of the People’s Republic of China with a population of about 7 mio. people. The market is completely encapsulated and nearly the most (financially) liberal place on earth. Hong Kong’s economic power is mostly built on import/export and financial businesses. [...]

gprs-user-in-china said,

November 17, 2007 @ 3:48 pm

You can get 50M download via GPRS for 20RMB/month here via China Mobile.

It’s easy to enable, just ask for ‘bao yue WAP fuwu’ (pay-per-month WAP services) and they’ll show you the list of options. There are also lower options (5RMB/month, etc.).

I never used a blackberry or even saw one but from what I hear its just a regular email client via GPRS… why this stuff is news i dunno

tontoeman said,

March 31, 2008 @ 7:54 am

Is GPS also available in Shanghai then? If so that would be awesome!

k said,

March 31, 2008 @ 8:10 am

“The GPS” is free and working worldwide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS

tontoeman said,

March 31, 2008 @ 8:12 am

thank you for that pointless comment.

I meant “the” to refer to blackberry

is the blackberry GPS available in shanghai yet?

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March 31, 2008 @ 9:01 am

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steven said,

July 9, 2008 @ 7:57 am

Hi friends, I plan to buy a Blackberry Curve 8830 probably in Germany to use it here in China for work and business. I would like to know if anyone has an update to the discussed topics here. Is this model available to buy in China? Does anyone make experiences with roaming and it’s suitability? Would be great to hear from you, tks a lot

jay said,

July 30, 2008 @ 10:11 am

i have a blackberry 8320, i am currently in Shanghai, China and i would like to know how do i get the blackberry service? my phone supports wifi. I want to use the blackberry service like push email, blackberry messenger, etc. I called china mobile and they did not give me a write answer. If anyone can give me an idea on this would be really nice.

thanks,

Diana said,

March 12, 2009 @ 11:57 pm

Hi!

I am going to China in several days, and i have been looking for information to use my blackberry service roam in china, obviously i wont get the “bao yue wap fuwu” or what they call the monthly service gprs since i’m only there for 2 weeks, please let me know…thx a lot

Lionel said,

June 1, 2009 @ 11:15 am

I have a Vodafone BlackBerry Curve 8310 working in China with no problems, here are the secrets:

- China Mobile offers BlackBerry service at 398 RMB per month for 50 MB of data, payable upfront for 12 months (4 776 RMB or around US$800).
- Officially, you require to have a company in China order the service for you, though it’s easy to get past this (anything in China is up for negotiation).
- The secret number is 400 811 1086 to order the service, you need a normal China Mobile SIM card first before ordering (anyone with GPRS will do). After that, if you don’t speak fluent Mandarin, you will have to wait for an English speaking person to phone you back.
- China Mobile only supports BES, they might tell you that BES and mail server must be located in China, but don’t believe that, the first time I phoned them they said so, the second time (the same guy) told me foreign BES is fine. They also apparently only support Microsoft Exchange (not Lotus or anything like that), this is also a lie.
- BlackBerry coverage is available in China everywhere where there is GSM 900 coverage, not only in the 6 major cities. There is even coverage in Tibet, just don’t expect coverage in the area between Tibet and the rest of China, for that the Motorola 95xx Portable Satellite Phone is quite handy (it doesn’t offer push mail unfortunately).
- The Hong Kong data plans work out much more expensive due to the roaming charges and they also require a contract. For short term use I’d recommend using your home country’s carrier and pay the roaming charges.

celine said,

June 2, 2009 @ 10:18 pm

HI Lionel,

I have a blackberry in HK and I would like my GM in Dongguan to get one as well.
He keeps telling that it is not possible to get a package with XX MB in China, instead China telecom will charge for XX hours of internet.

did you buy your BB handset in China? your provider in CHina is China telecom?
I have a HTC handset and would like to pass him…do u know if he can just get the SIM card and the package in China w/o buying the handset?

thks