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GSM america

talzawd

May 24, 2004, 8:54 PM
Does anyone know if this phone will work with the GSM America that is offered by ATT wireless? I have verizon right now, and there is no service where i work, but there is full scale att gsm. i was thinking to get the new phone from verizon and it will pick up GSM coverage in Pennsylvania
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badsky2k

May 28, 2004, 10:50 AM
Only in areas where AT&T/Cingular operate in the GSM 900 / GSM 1800 bands. That ONLY means that you may pick up their signal, as to weather or not you can use it there will depend on roaming agreements and how the phone is programmed to search for what networks. My guess is that this will be a Verizon/Sprint phone primary (CDMA) and that GSM usage in the US will be limited. This is designed more for the world/business user on Verizon as Vodophone has set international roaming at .99 a minute for Verizon customers with this and the Samsung CDMA/GSM that was released yesterday for Enterprise Customers (very large corporate users)
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Azeron

Jun 7, 2004, 5:07 AM
No. I doubt anyone besides Verizon will offer this phone in the U.S. I would expect Telus to offer it in Canada. The purpose of such a phone is to allow a CDMA carrier, such as Verizon to parner with a GSM European carrier, such as Vodaphone (Verizon's British parent). I would not expect Verizon to allow this phone to roam off any U.S. GSM carrier even were they on the correct frequency (which they are not).
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badsky2k

Jun 7, 2004, 8:40 PM
I believe that FCC mandates that at least emergancy only be allowed on any freq that a phone has. Other than that, you are probably right.
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BrandonP63

Jul 17, 2004, 8:49 PM
The GSM part will not work in the USA because we don't use those frequencies here. Where are you in Pennsylvania? Verizon beats out AT&T in every place I've been.
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