364) Can I bring a celluar phone to Hong Kong?
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This article is from the Hong Kong FAQ, by John Ho john@jho.com with numerous contributions by others.
364) Can I bring a celluar phone to Hong Kong?
Yes, but AT&T Hutchinson makes it very difficult for you to take a
foriegn mobile phone to Hong Kong. If you really want to do it, you can
follow some direction from C.W. Chung (cw@orion.uucp):
1. You need to bring your passport in person, the invoice of the
sale of the phone, and the phone itself to the Hutchison branch
in HungHum. The invoice should spell out the date and the name
of the purchaser so that Hutchison is satisfied that the purchaser
did buy the phone personally outside of Hong Kong.
2. Hutchison will cost you HKD$1000 to reprogram your phone, and another
$1000 to activate your phone.
3. It'll take about 3 months(!) to process your request. When it
is approved, you'll have to go to the HungHum office to sign the
paperwork *in person*.
4. Thereafter, the phone could be used and transferred just like any
other Motorola phones sold by Hutchison in HK.
5. You could however set up a roaming service right away. There is a
daily charge something like HKD$50 a day in addition to the usual
charge based on time of usage (I think it is HKD $2 per min).
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