Tri-band in Philippines?
Posts: n/a Nokia store. I bought a Nokia 6230, which is a tri-band GSM phone using 850/1300/1800 I think. What happens if I try to use this phone over there, using a SIM card bought in PI? === "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." -- Aristotle  Responses to "Tri-band in Philippines?"
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Posts: n/a Re: Tri-band in Philippines? "Ablang" <HilaryDuffEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message news:rkib61tohgsj11lpe6bc0qqjsfklc5hj5r@4ax.com... > The Philippines uses 900/1800 according to the guy in the > Nokia store. > > I bought a Nokia 6230, which is a tri-band GSM phone using > 850/1300/1800 I think. What happens if I try to use this phone over > there, using a SIM card bought in PI? > The two networks I am most familiar with in the Philippines are Smart and Globe on 900/1800. I have only an older Triband that runs on 900-1800-1900 that runs quite well with a Globe SIM in it there and a T-Mobile SIM here. I never heard of 1300 GSM. It sounds like you have at least one of the frequencies in use, so yours ought to work. Big thing to check : your phone must be unlocked in order to put in a Sim Card from some other company. If its not, whether your phone has the right bands or not, it won't work at all.
Posts: n/a Re: Tri-band in Philippines? "Frank Thomas" <nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6052b$4267f19f$943fa940$5381@STARBAND.NET... > > "Ablang" <HilaryDuffEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message > news:rkib61tohgsj11lpe6bc0qqjsfklc5hj5r@4ax.com... >> The Philippines uses 900/1800 according to the guy in the >> Nokia store. >> >> I bought a Nokia 6230, which is a tri-band GSM phone using >> 850/1300/1800 I think. What happens if I try to use this phone over >> there, using a SIM card bought in PI? >> > > > The two networks I am most familiar with in the Philippines are Smart and > Globe on 900/1800. I have only an older Triband that runs on > 900-1800-1900 that runs quite well with a Globe SIM in it there and a > T-Mobile SIM here. I never heard of 1300 GSM. > > It sounds like you have at least one of the frequencies in use, so yours > ought to work. Big thing to check : your phone must be unlocked in order > to put in a Sim Card from some other company. If its not, whether your > phone has the right bands or not, it won't work at all. > > I'm a bit confused because according this website http://www.mobilecomms-technology.co...ilippines_gsm/ The SMART GSM network is the first dual band GSM network in the Philippines, covering both the GSM 800 and 1800 frequencies I was in the PI in 2002 and I had an Ericsson T68i tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 and I used a prepaid SMART SIM card and it worked flawlessly. The above website seems to imply I must have been using GSM 1800. As for SMART vs GLOBE, the locals told me that SMART has better coverage and reception if you are in Metro Manila but that GLOBE is better outside of Manila in the outlaying provinces.
Posts: n/a Re: Tri-band in Philippines? In article <Ucbae.4401$L14.1307@news.cpqcorp.net>, punk-tilous <punktilious@hotmail.com> wrote: > >"Frank Thomas" <nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:6052b$4267f19f$943fa940$5381@STARBAND.NET. .. >> >> "Ablang" <HilaryDuffEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message >> news:rkib61tohgsj11lpe6bc0qqjsfklc5hj5r@4ax.com... >>> The Philippines uses 900/1800 according to the guy in the >>> Nokia store. >>> >>> I bought a Nokia 6230, which is a tri-band GSM phone using >>> 850/1300/1800 I think. What happens if I try to use this phone over >>> there, using a SIM card bought in PI? >>> >> >> >> The two networks I am most familiar with in the Philippines are Smart and >> Globe on 900/1800. I have only an older Triband that runs on >> 900-1800-1900 that runs quite well with a Globe SIM in it there and a >> T-Mobile SIM here. I never heard of 1300 GSM. >> >> It sounds like you have at least one of the frequencies in use, so yours >> ought to work. Big thing to check : your phone must be unlocked in order >> to put in a Sim Card from some other company. If its not, whether your >> phone has the right bands or not, it won't work at all. >> >> >I'm a bit confused because according this website >http://www.mobilecomms-technology.co...ilippines_gsm/ > >The SMART GSM network is the first dual band GSM network in the Philippines, >covering both the GSM 800 and 1800 frequencies This must be a misprint. 800 MHz is only used in the Americas. Globe and Smart use 900/1800.
Posts: n/a Re: Tri-band in Philippines? In article <rkib61tohgsj11lpe6bc0qqjsfklc5hj5r@4ax.com>,Ablang <HilaryDuffEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote: > The Philippines uses 900/1800 according to the guy in the >Nokia store. > > I bought a Nokia 6230, which is a tri-band GSM phone using >850/1300/1800 I think. What happens if I try to use this phone over >there, using a SIM card bought in PI? I live in the Philippines, and also use a Nokia 6230 here which works just fine on both the Globe and Smart networks. Globe were the original GSM network in the country and use mainly 900MHz. Smart came along later and occupy mostly 1,800MHz. There's also a relatively new network around now, Sun Cellular. I'm not sure what band they use. Chris
Posts: n/a Re: Tri-band in Philippines? Mike S. wrote:> In article <Ucbae.4401$L14.1307@news.cpqcorp.net>, > punk-tilous <punktilious@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >"Frank Thomas" <nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message > >news:6052b$4267f19f$943fa940$5381@STARBAND.NET. .. > >> > >> "Ablang" <HilaryDuffEverAfter@ablang-duff.com> wrote in message > >> news:rkib61tohgsj11lpe6bc0qqjsfklc5hj5r@4ax.com... > >>> The Philippines uses 900/1800 according to the guy in the > >>> Nokia store. > >>> > >>> I bought a Nokia 6230, which is a tri-band GSM phone using > >>> 850/1300/1800 I think. What happens if I try to use this phone over > >>> there, using a SIM card bought in PI? > >>> > >> > >> > >> The two networks I am most familiar with in the Philippines are Smart and > >> Globe on 900/1800. I have only an older Triband that runs on > >> 900-1800-1900 that runs quite well with a Globe SIM in it there and a > >> T-Mobile SIM here. I never heard of 1300 GSM. > >> > >> It sounds like you have at least one of the frequencies in use, so yours > >> ought to work. Big thing to check : your phone must be unlocked in order > >> to put in a Sim Card from some other company. If its not, whether your > >> phone has the right bands or not, it won't work at all. > >> > >> > >I'm a bit confused because according this website > >http://www.mobilecomms-technology.co...ilippines_gsm/ > > > >The SMART GSM network is the first dual band GSM network in the Philippines, > >covering both the GSM 800 and 1800 frequencies > > This must be a misprint. 800 MHz is only used in the Americas. Globe and > Smart use 900/18000 The GSM networks in the Philippines are: Globe Telecom (GSM900/1800) Smart Communications (GSM900/1800) Sun Cellular (GSM1800 only) Note- GSM1800 coverage on Smart and Globe is only in major cities, rural areas covered by Globe and Smart are on GSM900
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