In Belgium there is only GSM service on networks operate in the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz bands. Some countries (including Canada and the United States) use the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz bands because the 900 and 1800 MHz frequency bands were already allocated*.
In the time I spent in the EU this summer, I was able to connect using the 900/1800 bands and use sms and wap but never achieved connection using 3rd party (operamini) browser on the razrV3 (GPRS) nor the samsung sync (EDGE) ...I am told the US uses 1900 for that and the EU is 2100 but have no reference for that. "In some countries such as Belgium, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Malaysia, all phones are sold unlocked. However, in Belgium, it is unlawful for operators there to offer any form of subsidy on the phone's price."* * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM Bring your quad band fone with you to the EU and buy a pay&go card in the supermarket & you're in business before you slam the car door! -----Original Message----- From: Tom Piwowar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:43 PM Subject: Re: WiFi mobile phone >Would you know off the top of your head which ones? Most of them. In France and Belgium it is illegal to lock phones. In Italy carriers are not allowed to subsidize phones so there is little reason to lock. TMobile (Germany) sells unlocked iPhones. There is also a big gray market in iPhones. Lots are sold at retail by stores that are not authorized. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
