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From: F on 30 Sep 2005 06:28
I assume that quad-band mobiles will work in parts of the world where
tri-band won't but I can't find any listing of the difference in areas.

Anyone able to enlighten me?

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From: Chris M on 30 Sep 2005 06:24
10 Seconds on Google gave me this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_frequency_ranges

Or for the search I used:

http://tinyurl.com/cdx4h

Hope that's of some use to you :-)

(The answer to your question is 'mainly Americia')

Chris.



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"F" <news(a)spinningweb.not.net> wrote in message
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> I assume that quad-band mobiles will work in parts of the world where
> tri-band won't but I can't find any listing of the difference in areas.
>
> Anyone able to enlighten me?
>
> --
> F
>
> (Beware of spam trap - remove the negative)


From: Chris M on 30 Sep 2005 06:27
oops, Sorry about the TopPost


From: chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy on 30 Sep 2005 07:00
Chris M <chris_mayersblue(a)suedeyahoo.com> wrote:

> 10 Seconds on Google gave me this:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_frequency_ranges
>
> Or for the search I used:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/cdx4h
>
> Hope that's of some use to you :-)
>
> (The answer to your question is 'mainly Americia')

Some people have reported that using a quad band phone in the US does
improve the coverage area. As you probably know, GSM can be pretty
patchy once you get out of densely populated areas there. On my last
trip to the US, I had zero coverage where I was staying (only about 40
miles out of NYC) but even people with non-gsm phones couldn't get
coverage there, so I'm not sure a quad-band phone would have made any
difference!

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From: Mike S. on 30 Sep 2005 08:27

In article <433d1333$0$73630$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>,
F <news(a)spinningweb.not.net> wrote:
>I assume that quad-band mobiles will work in parts of the world where
>tri-band won't but I can't find any listing of the difference in areas.

Depends on what bands the tri-band phone has. If it's 900/1800/1900 then a
quad band phone which adds 850 will get you additional coverage in the
Americas (like Cingular in the US) who have considerable spectrum in that
area.

You must also be careful to determine what "quad" bands the phones
actually have. If the 4th band is really UMTS (3G) then it will buy you
nothing in terms of added ability to make calls elsewhere in the world.
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