Re: [84attendees] 2G GSM Phone in Vancouver

<david.black@emc.com> Wed, 25 July 2012 13:48 UTC

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Canada uses the same GSM frequencies as the US, so one needs an international
multi-band phone that works in the US.  For 2G GSM, that's a 3-band or 4-band
phone that includes at least one of 850 and/or 1900.

Thanks,
--David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 84attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:84attendees-bounces@ietf.org] On
> Behalf Of Ole Jacobsen
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 5:28 AM
> To: Saurabh Srivastava
> Cc: 84attendees@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [84attendees] 2G GSM Phone in Vancouver
> 
> 
> 
> According to http://allworldcellphones.com/gsm-frequencies-list.htm
> India uses 900/1800 (and just 900) while Canada uses 850/1900 (and
> now 2100 for 3G/4G), so unless you have a "modern" phone, no, it
> won't work in Canada, or to put it a different way: your phone needs
> to support 850/1900, something it may not do by default if you got
> it in India.
> 
> Ole
> 
> 
> Ole J. Jacobsen
> Editor and Publisher,  The Internet Protocol Journal
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> 
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Saurabh Srivastava wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > One more humble question
> > Is my simple 2G (GSM) Indian cell phone would work at Vancouver
> > with international roaming activated ?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Sauarbh
> >
> >