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Korea has both [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/telecom/staff/tips/10inttips.html CDMA and GSM]. | Korea has both [http://www.columbia.edu/acis/telecom/staff/tips/10inttips.html CDMA and GSM]. | ||
Revision as of 22:31, 3 October 2010
Cities
Islands
Phone Service
Country code: 82
Calling U.S. from Korea: 011-1-number
Korea has both CDMA and GSM.
Verizon
International usage information.
Verizon website verifies that South Korea is a CDMA country for which the international roaming rate is $1.99/minute. Texts are $0.50 to send, $0.05 to receive.
Unlimited data plans cost $64.99/month. They'll pro-rate half a month for you. To activate, dial *228 option 2.
[ Verizon FAQ] on Global Email, which you can add for $64.99/month. But you need a Global Email ready device, and it doesn't look like the Droid is one of them: http://b2b.vzw.com/international/Global_Email/index.html.
For international support, call:
- 800-711-8300 (in U.S.)
- 908-559-4899 (abroad)
See Also
May 2009 CNET article on traveling abroad with your cell phone.
Internet
Korea is a highly connected company, but its native services are the most popular. For example, Google is barely used; most people use Naver. (See Korean equivalents for popular U.S. services.)
Possibly useful sites:
- Official tourist site
- 10 Magazine (English-language blog in Korea)
- Playstreet
Mobile apps:
- Korea map apps for your iPod. Sadly nothing for iPad yet, which isn't widely adopted in Korea.
