I would say that most Thais, tourists, and expat residents have phones. I'm sure the numbers are out available, but Samsung and Nokia are the jumbos here. Neither iphone nor Blackberry are leaders in Thailand. Otherwise any Thai SMS / Emails you receive will show gibberish.īlackberry and iPhone are the new leaders. For fun you can flash your BB with the latest 'East Asia' firmware that has English and Thai. They aren't needed for Thai script and they cant give you Thai script anyway.

The service books are needed to make push mail work and set your device for correct operation on AIS. This needs to be done after your SIM is provisioned for BIS with AIS, not before! After creating your addresses in that web portal you can click on 'HELP' and then 'RE-SEND SERVICE BOOKS' to have AIS push their books to your device. Hotmail, Yahoo, generic POP/IMAP accounts, Gmail, etc. You can do this on the web via - Create a new account, register your device by entering your IMEI and device PIN (Not the SIM card PIN) and then you can add up to 10 e-mail accounts there. Once you are provisioned, yes you need new service books to enable mail to be pushed out to you. Be careful not to run out of credit overnight though because if you do it will cancel the BIS service and you cannot re-provision it without the callcenter's help.Įdit: I missed the Q about the service books. You do this by dialing *630 if I remember correctly there were short codes like *630*something#(send) to directly subscribe to BB packages but I can't remember the specifics and promotions change all the time so it's safest to make a voice call to *630 and choose English, then follow the prompts.īesides the monthly packages there is a daily option on prepaid which is 30 baht per day + VAT. This will let you activate it for voice calls and choose your IVR and notification SMS language to English.ģ) Then self-provision the Blackberry service. Getting up and running is a breeze 3 steps:ġ) You can use any AIS 1-2-Call prepaid SIM card from any outlet such as 7-11.Ģ) Load up some credit and try to call someone. Mostly interested in Bangkok area but I assume out of town will depend on that areas phone service anyway.Ĭan you get it for 2 weeks ?I am on postpaid now but most of my friends use prepaid. Does anyone have prepaid Blackberry BIS service in Thailand,

Download prepaid blackberry