Thread: BlackBerry 8830 World Edition and different carrier
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Old 02-15-2008, 09:18 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jagga View Post
The GSM Technology is the same. Its that the bands supported by the 8830 (900/2100Mhz) is NOT what the AT&T, T-Mobile, West, Rogers, or Fido networks use in North America ... they all use 850/1900Mhz for GSM/GPRS/EDGE (when it comes to 3G - then that is offered in Blackberry devices this side of the pond - then T-Mobile is the exception to those bands ... using 1700/2100Mhz).
I meant CDMA vs GSM in the US - different technologies.
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