Compare Pandaphone's $0.59 to AT&T's $2.29 per minute international roaming rate
If you travel with your own tri-band or quad-band GSM* cell phone, a prepaid SIM card is an economical option available to you to stay in touch with home while traveling in China and Hong Kong. Pandaphone's SIM card lets you call home at unbeatable rates. A US cell phone provider typically charges over two dollars per minute for international roaming in China, compare it to PandaPhone's international roaming rate ranges between 24 and 48 cents per minute. Please see our Recharge Service page for detailed calling rates. To order, please visit our Order Online page. *The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the standard for wireless communication. GSM cell phones use frequencies within four different frequency bands. The U.S. uses two frequency bands (dual-band) while the rest of the world uses the other two frequency bands. A U.S. dual-band cell phone does not work in China.