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Originally Posted by theBorg
It comes down to which radio standard you're on - CDMA or GSM... and then which frequencies they're implemented on (dual band, tri band, quad band) in each country. Your phone has to handle the local combination.
I'm surprised your 8800 doesn't work. It's either too US carrier specific or you haven't activated international service with your carrier.
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Heh, I wish it were that easy. Not sure you know this, but NO GSM phones work here (regardless of the frequency) - they only have one technology, which is 3G. Most Verizon phones don't work either. Doesn't matter if you have international service or not - the phone has to be compatible with the technology, which is a form of CDMA (think its WCDMA which is 3G).
My 8800 is unlocked and I've used it in many countries in Europe and China without problems. Korea and Japan - different story altogether, the reason blackberry made the 8707.