Japan - Travelsim, UM, other?

Effendi · **Japan - Travelsim, UM, other? -** 11-01-2008, 07:45

I'm leaving for Japan on a business trip at the end of January. Of course I'll use my business number with Vodafone postpaid on the SE Z610 and I should have no problems (and the Passport is very convenient at 1 eur set-up fee and then national rate), but I'd like to test some other international sim-card.

I have Travelsim, UM (+423 and +44), Yackie and Maxroam.
I know some guys used UM +423 time ago, I'd like to know if there are some news about the other prepaid offers (I guess UM+ should not work there).

About the phones no problem, I'm full of W-CDMA 2100 handsets!

AndreA · 11-01-2008, 17:58

WOW! Japan!

I'll call you every hour if you want

Przemolog · 11-01-2008, 21:52

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Originally Posted by AndreA

WOW! Japan!

I'll call you every hour if you want

And disregarding the time zone difference, of course

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As to UM+, Japan may be the case similar to Croatia: SMS both ways and incoming calls work but not outgoing ones (USSD is barred?).

razfaz · 13-01-2008, 02:20

From my experience this September

>I have Travelsim, UM (+423 and +44), Yackie and Maxroam.

UM +44 not working at all, shows "Unregistered SIM", (just like at home on UMTS).

09.is (I'd bet Yackie would be the same), registers only on Softbank, no network after about a minute. Tried "all over Japan", not a chance.

Travelsim, Maxroam no idea.
Vistram cards worked flawless. Solomo.de charged 5 Euroct for incoming, Dial out (Callback) worked on Softbank only, but no problem recieving calls on DoCoMO.

monkeyboy · 31-12-2008, 03:07

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Originally Posted by razfaz

UM +44 not working at all, shows "Unregistered SIM", (just like at home on UMTS).

Is there no hope that UM+ (44) will ever cover Japan? Kind of a pisser... its not like Japan is some 3rd world country... most believe that Tokyo will become the next Wall St and the yen will become the new benchmark currency...

Is it possible to trade my UM+ for UM (423) (which I gather *does* support Japan)?

Well I hope at least Celtrek is decent in Japan (including Osaka and Kyoto...)

LBarouf · 04-01-2009, 06:17

United Mobile never worked in Narita. I have both a UM and UM+ SIM. The phone worked fine with my local provider with my iPhone 3G and my Treo 750 on Softbank and NTT DoCoMo on 2100Mhz, but my 2 United Mobile SIMs declined access. They still claim on their website there is 3G access in Japan... such a lie from what I have seen. Their customer service never returned any explanations as of why it didn't work. Nice customer service.... Did anyone try Mobal?

AndreA · 14-01-2008, 10:35

well, hope that Effendi will test 'our' Wind too

fedeprovenza · 14-01-2008, 11:13

But will he go with 'our' wind?i think not

Effendi · 14-01-2008, 18:30

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Originally Posted by AndreA

well, hope that Effendi will test 'our' Wind too

If you recharge my account with much Euros before I leave I can test it!

Malkav · 15-01-2008, 03:05

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Originally Posted by Effendi

If you recharge my account with much Euros before I leave I can test it!

cheeky bugger.....tch....when ya get to the land of the raisin bun feel free to rub in how great all there phone style gadgetry is....ya show off!

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	Japan - Travelsim, UM, other? - 11-01-2008, 07:45 I'm leaving for Japan on a business trip at the end of January. Of course I'll use my business number with Vodafone postpaid on the SE Z610 and I should have no problems (and the Passport is very convenient at 1 eur set-up fee and then national rate), but I'd like to test some other international sim-card. I have Travelsim, UM (+423 and +44), Yackie and Maxroam. I know some guys used UM +423 time ago, I'd like to know if there are some news about the other prepaid offers (I guess UM+ should not work there). About the phones no problem, I'm full of W-CDMA 2100 handsets! Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim

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AndreA (Offline) Administrator Prepaid Genius Posts: 1,650 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Florence, Italy Country:	11-01-2008, 17:58 WOW! Japan! I'll call you every hour if you want ANTPEAΣ AΠO THN ΦΛΩPENTIA My Phones: iPhone 2G, E65, N70, P910 DVB-H, A835, 6630, 7600, 6210, S55, T39 "Working" PrePaids: IT: Wind, H3G, Vodafone, Tim, CoopVoce, Poste Mobile, Telepass Mobile, Uno Mobile - CH: OrangeClick - RSM: Prima Easy - UK: O2, H3G - INT: United Mobile, TravelSim, ICQ SIM "Deceased" PrePaids: IT: Blu - AT: H3G - FR: Itineris - ES: Yoigo - GR: Cosmote, Frog - HR: Tele2 - UK: Virgin, Orange TO: UCall - NZ: Vodafone - IN: Hutch - CAN: Fido - USA: T-Mobile - INT: Travelfone, CallKey, Globalsim, HopMobile, GT, 09, Mobal, Yackiemobile ITALIAN TLC BLOG

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razfaz (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 38 Join Date: 28 Aug 2005 Country:	13-01-2008, 02:20 From my experience this September >I have Travelsim, UM (+423 and +44), Yackie and Maxroam. UM +44 not working at all, shows "Unregistered SIM", (just like at home on UMTS). 09.is (I'd bet Yackie would be the same), registers only on Softbank, no network after about a minute. Tried "all over Japan", not a chance. Travelsim, Maxroam no idea. Vistram cards worked flawless. Solomo.de charged 5 Euroct for incoming, Dial out (Callback) worked on Softbank only, but no problem recieving calls on DoCoMO.

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LBarouf (Offline) Member Official Member Posts: 32 Join Date: 04 Jan 2009 Country:	04-01-2009, 06:17 United Mobile never worked in Narita. I have both a UM and UM+ SIM. The phone worked fine with my local provider with my iPhone 3G and my Treo 750 on Softbank and NTT DoCoMo on 2100Mhz, but my 2 United Mobile SIMs declined access. They still claim on their website there is 3G access in Japan... such a lie from what I have seen. Their customer service never returned any explanations as of why it didn't work. Nice customer service.... Did anyone try Mobal? Last edited by andy; 04-01-2009 at 12:42..

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AndreA (Offline) Administrator Prepaid Genius Posts: 1,650 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Florence, Italy Country:	14-01-2008, 10:35 well, hope that Effendi will test 'our' Wind too ANTPEAΣ AΠO THN ΦΛΩPENTIA My Phones: iPhone 2G, E65, N70, P910 DVB-H, A835, 6630, 7600, 6210, S55, T39 "Working" PrePaids: IT: Wind, H3G, Vodafone, Tim, CoopVoce, Poste Mobile, Telepass Mobile, Uno Mobile - CH: OrangeClick - RSM: Prima Easy - UK: O2, H3G - INT: United Mobile, TravelSim, ICQ SIM "Deceased" PrePaids: IT: Blu - AT: H3G - FR: Itineris - ES: Yoigo - GR: Cosmote, Frog - HR: Tele2 - UK: Virgin, Orange TO: UCall - NZ: Vodafone - IN: Hutch - CAN: Fido - USA: T-Mobile - INT: Travelfone, CallKey, Globalsim, HopMobile, GT, 09, Mobal, Yackiemobile ITALIAN TLC BLOG

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fedeprovenza (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 282 Join Date: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Garda lake (south-west) Country:	14-01-2008, 11:13 But will he go with 'our' wind?i think not [COLOR="Magenta"]"Working" PrePaids: Wind, Vodafone, CoopVoce, , Travelsim (2), 02 Irish (2) My best sim?--> Wind +39-328 My phones: Samsung Galaxy Next S5570