[Use overseas SIM with SIM -free smartphone!] German "Blau" No initial settings are not required, 1GB data communication is possible if installed -Travel Watch Watch

ASUSの「ZenFone 2」に「blau」のプリペイドSIMを装着し、East Side Gallery（ベルリンの壁）前で使用

　This time, we will introduce a prepaid SIM sold by MVNO "Blau", which uses the line of the German telecommunications carrier "e-plus".

ドイツの家電量販店やコンビニなどでは、このように多数のプリペイドSIMが販売されているが、どれも自分で初期登録作業を行なう必要があり、使うまでにかなり手間がかかる

　Not only BLAUs, but in Germany, prepaid SIM cards are sold at airports, stations, streets, and convenience stores in towns, so they can be easily obtained.In addition, the selling price of the SIM package is often relatively cheap, around 10 euros (including the same amount of charge).

　However, many of them are not available after purchasing.The buyer needs to do the initial registration work to make data communication and calls by selling a prepaid SIM package.And it is necessary to make a phone call or access the dedicated site on the Internet, it takes time and effort, and even if there is no phone or Internet access means in the first place, registration work is not.It is possible.

　The same is true for Blau prepaid SIM cards, and in a normal package, you need to register yourself after purchase.However, some shops such as airports sell packages that do not require registration work and can communicate and call data immediately after purchase.What I purchased this time is the package.

　The place to purchase is a store that sells home appliances in Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany.The Blau prepaid SIM handled here has a selling price of 19.95 euros (about 2800 yen) and packages sold at electronics retailers in Berlin (9).It is about twice the price of 9 euros, about 1400 yen).However, you can immediately perform data communication by simply attaching SIM to SIM -free smartphone after purchase.This simplicity is a great attraction for travelers without time.The corresponding SIM shape is SIM, microSIM or nanosim.Of these, nanosim will be a separate package, so I want to make sure.At the time of purchase, you need to present your passport.

ドイツ・ベルリンの「テーゲル空港」内にあるこの販売店では、初期設定不要で使える「blau」のプリペイドSIMが売られているショップ横の壁でSIM販売をアピールしているので分かりやすい購入時にはパスポートの提示が必要。販売価格は19.95ユーロ（約2800円）だSIM形状はSIM、microSIM対応。nanoSIMは別パッケージとなる

　The contract plan is "Internet-Flat 1GB".This is a plan that can provide 1GB data communication in one month.14 for normal Blau prepaid SIM.3GB per month for 9 euros, 19.There is a plan that can perform 5GB of data per month for 8 euros, and there is an impression that it is more expensive than those, but the advantage of not being registered work is great.If you are not staying for a long period of time, it will be enough for the capacity if you do not connect your PC with tethering.

　To use, first take out the SIM from the package and attach it to your smartphone.Since the SIM is applied as standard, turn on the smartphone and enter the "PIN 1" number written on the SIM card mount.After a while, the smartphone grabs the line provider e-plus radio wave.E-PLUS's LTE band is 1800MHz (Band3), so most of the SIM-free smartphones sold in Japan are compatible.When you grab the radio waves, APN is automatically set, and data communication is possible.

　In the ASUS ZenFone 2 used this time, the APN setting was automatically set after grabbing the LTE radio wave.If the APN setting is not automatically set, APN "Internet.eplus.De ", user name" BLAU ", password" BLAU ", and authentication type" PAP ".Note that the PIN number is required every time a smartphone is restarted (unnecessary when returning to sleep) is not necessary if the SIM card lock is released from the settings.

SIMの装着や初期設定は自分で行なう必要があるが、それほど難しくないSIMにはPINロックがかけられているので、スマートフォン起動時にPINを入力する必要があるPINは、パッケージ内のSIMカード台紙に書かれている「PIN 1」の数字を入力するE-Plusの電波を掴むと、自動的にAPNが設定され、すぐにデータ通信が可能となる自動的にAPNが設定されない場合には、パッケージ付属の小冊子を参照しつつAPNを設定ホテルの室内で計測。野外でもほぼ同等の速度が発揮されたが、建物の奥や地下などでは速度が大きく低下する場面が多かった

　By the way, I felt that there was no problem in the city of Berlin, despite the strength of the LTE radio waves.The communication speed at the time of the LTE connection was 4 to 8 Mbps, but the descent was more than 20Mbps, so the map application and the web access were sufficiently comfortable.Even if you searched a nearby restaurant on Google Maps, photos, reviews, shop websites, etc. were displayed without stress.Also, although the speed on the climb was a bit slow, even if you upload photos to Twitter or Facebook, you would not have to wait for a long time, and basically used without dissatisfaction.

　However, the situation has changed completely in the building and the subway.In Germany, there are many stones, bricks, and reinforced concrete buildings, and the ltE radio waves were difficult to reach in the building, and there were many scenes that dropped to 3G.In addition, the speed dropped at a stretch, and the homepage could not be viewed.

　This is not just a BLAU phenomenon, but even if you use SIMs from other major carriers, the radio waves tend to weaken in the back of the building.However, I think that the frequency of BLAU was somewhat frequent.Nevertheless, in the hotel room where I stayed this time, I was grabbing the LTE radio waves without any problems, so it seems that there is no major problem unless it is a place where a large building or underground is underground.

　There are many types of prepaid SIMs that can be obtained in Germany and the price are relatively inexpensive, but as introduced at the beginning, most of the time you need complicated registration work yourself, which takes a lot of time.If you have enough time in a long stay, choosing such a SIM would be more advantageous in terms of cost.However, if you want to save time and time in a short stay in sightseeing, etc., we recommend using a prepaid SIM that does not require the procedure as introduced this time.

LTEを掴んでいると下り速度は十分に速く、Google Mapsでの検索やWebアクセスも快適に行なえたGoogle Mapsでルート検索し、ベルリンの壁を見学。詳しく道順が表示されるので、迷わずに行けたこんな狭い幅の壁で東西が隔てられていたとは、非常に感慨深いこちらはブランデンブルグ門。観光客が多かったが、この周辺でも問題なくLTEに繋がっていたベルリン大聖堂と、右奥はベルリンテレビ塔。blauのプリペイドSIMは、ベルリンに限らず大都市圏内ならほぼ問題なくLTEに繋がるそうだ鉄道も、地上を走っている間は問題ないが、トンネルに入ると3Gになり、速度も一気に遅くなってしまう

キャリア名	blau
購入価格	19.95ユーロ
カードの種類	SIM、microSIM、またはnanoSIM
対応周波数帯	LTE：1800MHz（Band3）、3G：2100MHz、GSM：900/1800MHz
APN	internet.eplus.de（ユーザー名：blau、パスワード：blau、認証タイプ：PAP）
滞在時期	2015年9月上旬
使用デバイス	ASUS「ZenFone 2」