Busan eSIM
In Busan you connect to SKT or KT, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 104 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- SKT and KT
- Real speed in South Korea
- 104 Mbps median, 36 Mbps for the slowest tenth1,166 travellers across South Korea, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Busan
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.96 | $8.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $2.18 | $10.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.59 | $15.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $0.94 | $46.89 |
How South Korea compares across Asia
- Speed rank
- 2 of 26 destinations we sell in Asia
- Regional median
- 44 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 35 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, SKT, KT
- 5G
- Yes, standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Singapore, 119 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Hong Kong, 92 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 4: Seoul, Busan, Jeju, Incheon
- tenth percentile
- 36 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 1166 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Gimhae International Airport (PUS)
- Airport
- PUS / RKPK
Getting into Busan
- Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit from Gimhae International Airport station (PUS)
Underground and on the metro
Busan Metro runs 4 lines. It opened in 1985. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Busan
- The airport is not on the numbered Busan Metro lines: it is reached by the separate Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit, which then interchanges with the metro.
- Gimhae is a joint civil-military airport in western Busan operating beyond its design capacity, with a replacement airport under development on Gadeok Island.
- Busan's metro has carried S-DMB mobile broadcast signal across the whole underground network since 2006 via 530 in-tunnel emitters, so the system is wired for in-tunnel radio reception.