Calling and telephone service in Thailand (video)
If you want to call in Thailand without high costs, it is useful that you use a SIM card from a Thai provider. These are sometimes given away for free at the airport in Bangkok. If not, you can buy one.
The first step to be able to call in Thailand is to unlock your phone. In Thailand the cost is low, about 100-500 baht depending on the brand of the phone.
You can of course buy an extra phone in Thailand. Renting is also possible, but is relatively expensive. Renting costs 1000-2000 Thai baht per week, while you can already purchase a phone for 1.000 baht or less.
Is your phone unlocked and you don't have a Thai SIM card yet? Then walk to a 7-Eleven or a telephone store. There is usually also a micro-SIM available for the iPhone user. You can choose from different telephone providers such as DTAC, True, AIS, Orange or others.
After purchasing a SIM card with a calling credit of 50-150 baht, you can top it up. This is also possible at 7-Eleven or Familymart. The instruction is also in English.
If you call to your home country, such as the Netherlands or Belgium, use the special code so that you can call abroad with a discount.
Incoming calls in Thailand are free, but make sure you turn off internet and data roaming to avoid using up your credit.
Video calling and telephone service in Thailand
Watch the video here:
[vimeo] http://vimeo.com/59493830 [/ vimeo]
Also at Chiang Mai airport, immediately after the baggage carousel, there is almost always a stand where you will receive a free SIM card (True). We received 2 last December 2013 and put these cards in 2 older telephones brought from NL.
The codes are
004 for dtac so it becomes 00431….
005 for AIS so 00531…
006 for True Move so 00531
A sim card costs about 49 bath..
Just in every plaza you usually have a dtac, truemove or an AIS
A SIM-free phone is necessary.. but most telephones with a subscription are SIM-free.
A lot of phones are offered for low prices.
Please note that there is a 2G, 3G and now also a 4G network.
With a number of cheap copies, for example, the Samsung S4 is available for both the 2G network and the 3G
So ask when purchasing. Otherwise you will end up with a slow phone or an unusable one.
You can also check it. it often says in GSM…900.1800.. 1900
If it says 850-2100 then this is wcdma and usable for 3G
When I'm in Thailand (I'll be back in 2 weeks) then my phone is still in NL, wonderful 6 weeks no
telephone, TV, Facebook and internet and I do not read the newspaper either.
If something happens, I won't hear it until I'm back, wonderful, what a peace.
However, sometimes your phone is necessary in Thailand. If you use a computer in your hotel or in an internet cafe and want to log in to your hotmail address, verification via SMS may be required. Of course also applies if you want to do interbanking via ING, that also works via text message. Recently I met a compatriot in Jomtien, who had left his phone in his car in the Netherlands. He didn't know a single thing. phone number from memory and could not log in to his hotmail and was therefore "slightly" panicked. But yes, you don't use the internet so you don't have that problem either, but others have been warned.
Mmmmm all handy; everyone just has to see what works best..
I have a smartphone with the “line” app; almost all of Asia uses this (similar to whatsapp)
You can call, chat, video call and send photos to other “line” users at lightning speed…
And… very important for Ollanders… all free with WIFI use (almost every hotel or resort has WiFi)
In addition, I buy a netsimm card from AIS and put it in my MIFI (portable wifi) router.
Where there is no WiFi, I then have super fast internet and the telephone, tablet, in short, all WiFi-capable devices can log in to it.
Simple… no hassle with changing tickets in your phone; otherwise no adjustments at all… just don't forget to turn off roaming. Call outside only via the "line" app and you can still be reached for the home front on your own number for emergencies...
How easy can it be???
By the way, I have the latest 4G mifi router from Huawei ... much too expensive for sale in the Netherlands, but you can already get it via Ebay for 100 euros. Am I completely ready for the future and I just need to adjust my card in the router; all other equipment simply piggybacks via WiFi.
Oh yeah; I also have the skydrive or recently one drive app from windows on my phone. All the photos I take are automatically saved in the cloud… wooow… your phone flickers in the water… do you still have all the photos
Well, and with the 8-megapixel phone cam, a separate camera is no longer necessary.
Incidentally…. Thailand is far too beautiful to spend too much time on your phone or PC.
Sawadee crab 🙂
“You can call, chat, video call and send photos to other “line” users at lightning speed…”
Do your family, friends and acquaintances in NL also have to use “line”. Otherwise the (whole) story will not work.
bought a SIM card from AIS. Call credit on it and what was my surprise? Received all kinds of unsolicited emails from ais that were deducted from my calling credit. Went to an ais service point and had this changed immediately. Now no more trouble. Regards, Jeanine
I bought a sim card from true last year
Can I top up the same SIM card again this year in Thailand?
Or has it expired.
Probably expired.
The validity period depends on what you have set up.
Validity and amount can be checked with #123#.
it is *123#
Both work, but the provided number for True is #123#.
Here are several more.
http://www3.truecorp.co.th/cm/support_content/2256?ln=en
http://thaiprepaidcard.com/2010/true-move-prices-promotions-and-keypress-codes/
Charging less than 150 Baht does not give me a full month. 75 Baht is 14 days.
Apparently the period of validity differs per provider. I have dtac now and have eight months.
Incidentally, if you have iBanking at a Thai bank (eg Bangkok Bank), you can deposit money online from another country to extend the useful life.
It is also possible in Thailand to extend the duration of use at dtac without depositing money. In that case you pay 2 THB per month renewal. This amount will be debited from your call credit. There must still be sufficient credit.
My advice: ask expressly in a specialized shop, preferably from the network/provider used.
In addition, I can mention that for True, every time when charging the call balance, it is indicated until when that call balance is valid. Maximum is one year. #123# only works within Thailand.
Indeed. And for every 150 Baht that you charge, you get one month of validity in addition to the validity period already in force.
you can simply charge 20 bath extra at such a machine. then one month at a time
Could very well be. My wife does it when she goes to a 7-11 and maybe it depends on the package I have.