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| Thread ID: 107583 | 2010-02-22 20:27:00 | Paging Mobile Phone Guru's | B.M. (505) | PC World Chat |
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| 860716 | 2010-02-22 20:27:00 | A mate’s got a Telecom 027 phone (cdma I Think?) on a contract basis. (Not Pre-Pay). He wants to bring it to Australia for a brief holiday but doesn’t want work related calls and associated roaming costs following him and interfering with his holiday. However, he'd like to be able to use it if need be. So, the question is: Do these phones have SIM cards you can replace with say a Pre-Pay Aus card? My Vodafone is easy, just slip in a prepay Sim Card and you’re away, but I’m not familiar with 027, CDMA, interchangeability. Any help appreciated. :thanks |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 860717 | 2010-02-22 20:30:00 | Telecom CDMAs don't have sim cards. So you are out of luck with that. Take the phone with him, and keep it switched off? |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 860718 | 2010-02-22 20:39:00 | CDMA was switched off in Aussie a few years ago | johcar (6283) | ||
| 860719 | 2010-02-22 21:49:00 | Yeah Telstra killed the Oz CDMA network back in April 2008. Any XT phone will work on the Telstra 3G or Next G network though, I'm pretty sure they run on 2100Mhz over there. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 860720 | 2010-02-22 21:54:00 | Yeah Telstra killed the Oz CDMA network back in April 2008. Any XT phone will work on the Telstra 3G or Next G network though, I'm pretty sure they run on 2100Mhz over there. XT phones won't work here in NZ though :banana :eek: |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 860721 | 2010-02-22 22:14:00 | So just to clarify matters, I take it that he’s stuffed anyway, even with roaming? I base that on the fact there is no cdma network in Aus. :confused: |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 860722 | 2010-02-22 22:16:00 | You're right. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 860723 | 2010-02-22 22:18:00 | Thanks Guy's I'll break the news. :( | B.M. (505) | ||
| 860724 | 2010-02-22 22:20:00 | It would be the perfect time for your friend to buy an unlocked phone while he's over in Aussie though. If he gets the right one he could go with Vodafone, Telecom or 2Degrees when he gets back. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 860725 | 2010-02-23 02:51:00 | XT phones won't work here in NZ though :banana :eek: Yes they do. :p |
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