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Originally Posted by bosstone
Hello,
I am coming to Panama for 1 month in July and may stay much longer depending on business. I will be spending a lot of my time in the Bocas area.
My question is which phone service provider is best for a pocket pc phone that needs a data plan? Is there a unlimited data plan with a particular provider? How much are the data plans?
When I arrive in Panama City is there somewhere I can go first thing to get my cellphones setup right away?
Thanks for the help
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I just got a proper cell phone in Panama. I used Mas Movil (+ Movil is what you'll see on a sign most likely). I got a blackberry as it's what they had in the store. They have a few blackberry models + the Moto Q (which is too big for my tastes) as far as pccket pc's/smartphones go. Anyway, I pay $40/month for 625 minutes and I think $30 for 10MB of data transfer. I also get international calling to the USA for $0.10/minute. I went to the MultiPlaza to get mine (a mall).
If you're bringing your own phone that's great although it'll have to be GSM and "unlocked." I found out early that the quad band phone I brought which does have a sim card, wouldn't work because it wasn't unlocked. Since I am not a resident they took a copy of my passport and required a $200USD deposit as they just don't pull your credit like in the US.
Hmm.. that's it as far as I know. Anything else just ask.