Choose a Mobile Plan

RiskRiskMedium
Verified
Cited sources2
DurationAbout 9 min

Compare complete prepaid and postpaid terms instead of relying on an advertised price or “unlimited” label.

Warning

Rules change. Open the official sources below and confirm before you act.

For help in another language, call the advisory hotline for foreign residents1990

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Before you start

Choose an affordable option based on your stay, data use, and available identification.

Applies to
International students who need a Taiwan number and mobile data
Rule level
Provider-specific
Group
Money & Contracts
When
First week

What to prepare

Steps

  1. Estimate your months in Taiwan and data, calls, messages, and tethering needs.

  2. Compare validity, renewal, throttling, tethering, calls, messages, and top-up methods.

  3. Compare contract term, deposit, early-termination fee, and one-time charges.

  4. Ask for the total due today, later costs, renewal method, and early-exit cost.

  5. Confirm foreign-applicant identification with your provider; one provider’s rules are not universal.

  6. Test data, a call, a message, and hotspot service, then keep the contract, receipt, and deadlines.

Every step has its own link, so a single step can be shared.

Common mistakes, and what done looks like

Warning
  1. Problem
    Reading unlimited without checking throttling, validity, or tethering.
    How to fix it
    Request complete terms and ask the store to identify unclear conditions in writing.
  2. Problem
    Signing a long contract for a short stay.
    How to fix it
    Compare prepaid and exit costs before signing; after signing, ask under the contract.

What done looks like

Your phone can connect and call, and you know the cost, expiry, renewal or top-up method, and cancellation terms.

Practice scenario

Scene
A mobile-provider store
You will talk to
Ms. HuangStore representative

2 questions

Start the practice scenario

Sources and page information

This page is compiled from the public sources below. Individual steps are not footnoted to a source yet.

  1. 1

    Other中華電信

    預付卡申辦說明(opens in a new window)https://www.cht.com.tw/home/campaign/prepaidcard/introwww.cht.com.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20
  2. 2

    OtherChunghwa Telecom

    Prepaid Plan Example(opens in a new window)https://www.cht.com.tw/home/campaign/prepaidtour/info_en.htmlwww.cht.com.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20

The tier is derived from the domain: a gov label is official government, an edu label is a university, anything else is other.

Page information

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Review cycle
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Advisory hotline for foreign residents in Taiwan
1990
From abroad
+886-800-001990

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