phone to roam with in south korea??

I've got a customer that has t-mobile service and wants to take his phone to
south korea too. I think that as best as i can tell, there is no gsm system in
s korea that he can roam on if he had a world phone w/ gsm 900, 1800, 1900...

So is the system there cdma or wcdma, and what are some choices of phones that
could do both u.s. and s korea? I think the nokia 6650 may be a candidtate,
does the wcdma and gsm at least, of course costs 500 unlocked on ebay.. But
then i'm not sure if i need wcdma or cdma.

Or a second phone may be acceptable to take to s korea, insert the t-mobile sim
on which international roaming is provisioned, so what phone would we need for
s korea only and to use the tmobile sim so he could make and receive calls on
his t-mobile u.s. number?? if this makes sense, any help is appreciated,
thanks in advance. jay

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On 29 Dec 2003 02:23:21 GMT, [email protected]zz (nospam) posted to
alt.cellular.motorola:

>Or a second phone may be acceptable to take to s korea, insert the t-mobile sim
>on which international roaming is provisioned, so what phone would we need for
>s korea only and to use the tmobile sim so he could make and receive calls on
>his t-mobile u.s. number?? if this makes sense, any help is appreciated,
>thanks in advance. jay

Asia usually gets phones long before the US does, so it may be a
better idea to get a phone in S. Korea, rather than to buy it here.
Also, since cell phones are considered almost a necessity there, and
the choice is much larger, the same phone is usually cheaper there.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

On 29 Dec 2003 02:23:21 GMT, [email protected]zz (nospam) posted to
alt.cellular.motorola:

>Or a second phone may be acceptable to take to s korea, insert the t-mobile sim
>on which international roaming is provisioned, so what phone would we need for
>s korea only and to use the tmobile sim so he could make and receive calls on
>his t-mobile u.s. number?? if this makes sense, any help is appreciated,
>thanks in advance. jay

Asia usually gets phones long before the US does, so it may be a
better idea to get a phone in S. Korea, rather than to buy it here.
Also, since cell phones are considered almost a necessity there, and
the choice is much larger, the same phone is usually cheaper there.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

>Subject: Re: phone to roam with in south korea??
>From: Al Klein [email protected]
>Date: 12/31/2003 12:44 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <[email protected]>
>
>On 29 Dec 2003 02:23:21 GMT, [email protected]zz (nospam) posted to
>alt.cellular.motorola:
>
>>Or a second phone may be acceptable to take to s korea, insert the t-mobile
>sim
>>on which international roaming is provisioned, so what phone would we need
>for
>>s korea only and to use the tmobile sim so he could make and receive calls
>on
>>his t-mobile u.s. number?? if this makes sense, any help is appreciated,
>>thanks in advance. jay
>
>Asia usually gets phones long before the US does, so it may be a
>better idea to get a phone in S. Korea, rather than to buy it here.
>Also, since cell phones are considered almost a necessity there, and
>the choice is much larger, the same phone is usually cheaper there.
>--
>Al - rukbat at optonline dot net
>
Thanks for replying. Do you have any brands/models to suggest that will also
do bluetooth and usa gsm 1900 in addition to the s korea cdma?? thanks in
advance. Jay

>Subject: Re: phone to roam with in south korea??
>From: Al Klein [email protected]
>Date: 12/31/2003 12:44 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <[email protected]>
>
>On 29 Dec 2003 02:23:21 GMT, [email protected]zz (nospam) posted to
>alt.cellular.motorola:
>
>>Or a second phone may be acceptable to take to s korea, insert the t-mobile
>sim
>>on which international roaming is provisioned, so what phone would we need
>for
>>s korea only and to use the tmobile sim so he could make and receive calls
>on
>>his t-mobile u.s. number?? if this makes sense, any help is appreciated,
>>thanks in advance. jay
>
>Asia usually gets phones long before the US does, so it may be a
>better idea to get a phone in S. Korea, rather than to buy it here.
>Also, since cell phones are considered almost a necessity there, and
>the choice is much larger, the same phone is usually cheaper there.
>--
>Al - rukbat at optonline dot net
>
Thanks for replying. Do you have any brands/models to suggest that will also
do bluetooth and usa gsm 1900 in addition to the s korea cdma?? thanks in
advance. Jay

On 02 Jan 2004 02:39:32 GMT, [email protected]zz (nospam) posted to
alt.cellular.motorola:

>Thanks for replying. Do you have any brands/models to suggest that will also
>do bluetooth and usa gsm 1900 in addition to the s korea cdma??

I don't know of a single gsm/cdma phone for any bands, bluetooth or
not.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net

On 02 Jan 2004 02:39:32 GMT, [email protected]zz (nospam) posted to
alt.cellular.motorola:

>Thanks for replying. Do you have any brands/models to suggest that will also
>do bluetooth and usa gsm 1900 in addition to the s korea cdma??

I don't know of a single gsm/cdma phone for any bands, bluetooth or
not.
--
Al - rukbat at optonline dot net