Regional destination
Asia eSIM
Asia covers a wider range of itineraries than a single regional loop — Japan paired with South Korea, a subcontinent trip through Nepal and Sri Lanka, or an overland Central Asian route through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Each of those countries runs its own mobile market with its own local SIM registration rules, and switching between them on a local-SIM-only basis means repeating that process at every border. NXTL's eSIM stays installed for the whole itinerary, with rates set and shown per country and network rather than blended into one continental number.
Who this page is for
Long, multi-country Asia itineraries that cross several distinct sub-regions — for example Japan and South Korea together, a Central Asian overland route, or a subcontinent-and-Southeast-Asia combination — on one eSIM.
Long-haul backpackers and gap-year travellers, business travellers running multi-country Asia circuits, and overland Silk Road or Central Asia travellers moving through several countries in one trip.
Coverage
Countries covered in Asia
Rates are per gigabyte of usage from your balance — the same balance works in every country below.
Regional cost estimator
Estimate a Asia trip
Your estimate
Pay-as-you-go: there is no daily allowance or data cap. Estimates use each country’s current lowest per-GB rate; by default NXTL steers to the cheapest available network tier.
Tip: there is no single regional price — each country and network has its own live per-GB rate.
Open pricing per networkBorder crossings
One balance across every border
One balance survives a continent-spanning itinerary that would otherwise mean registering a separate local SIM under a separate national registration regime in every country visited.
Regional connectivity notes
Asia spans dense metro 5G markets and thinner rural or archipelago coverage in the same long-haul trip, so treat each country as its own network footprint. Registration rules, app restrictions and typical per-GB pricing also differ between sub-regions — Japan or Korea do not behave like a Gulf stopover or an ASEAN beach loop. Use country pages for live networks and rates; NXTL does not sell one blended Asia GB price.
Pay-as-you-go vs bundles
What the rates mean for a regional trip
Asia spans some of the world's most advanced mobile markets alongside developing ones, so per-GB rates vary far more than a single continental average could usefully represent — each country's own live rate table, linked from this page, is the reference.
Tip: compare live per-GB rates by country and network — a region page is for trip planning, not one shared price.
View pricing tableRegional fixed bundles
One price upfront, but the validity clock keeps running between countries — and unused gigabytes expire with it.
NXTL pay-as-you-go
Each country bills from the same balance at its own live rate. Travel slower or change plans — nothing is lost.
FAQ
Asia travel questions, answered
Southeast Asia focuses on the countries commonly combined on one overland or island-hopping loop (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Laos). This page covers a wider set of Asian countries for itineraries that go beyond that loop — for example Japan, South Korea, the Indian subcontinent, or Central Asia.
Coverage follows NXTL's active country list, shown on this page, rather than a blanket claim about the whole continent — check the included-country list for the specific countries on the planned itinerary.
Yes — requirements range from a quick passport scan in some countries to more involved biometric or in-app verification in others. A data-only eSIM avoids that variation entirely, since it does not issue a local phone number in any of them.
Yes — the same balance is used wherever NXTL has coverage; there is no separate account or separate top-up needed per country.
No — 5G availability varies enormously across the continent, from mature, dense 5G markets to countries where 4G is still the primary technology. Each country's own page shows what is reliably known about its network technology rather than assuming 5G is universal.
No — the balance has no expiry date, so it survives a long, slow-travel itinerary across several countries just as well as a short multi-city trip.
One eSIM for all of Asia
Global eSIM $11.99 · includes $10.00 credit · balance never expires