Coverage in China/Hong Kong?

In article <[email protected]>, Bob=20
[email protected] says...
> According to cdg.org, there is no CDMA coverage in Hong Kong ... So, if
> there is any roaming, it would be via GSM, and you would need to use a GS=
M
> phone ...
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> Bob
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Are you sure, Bob? I'm pretty sure there's an open service alert about not=
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being able to roam in Hong Kong. Plus there's:

http://www.qualcomm.com/press/pr/rel.../press644.html

A 1996 press release reporting that there is, in fact, CDMA coverage in Hon=
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Kong?

Ah, here we go:

http://www.cdg.org/cdg/members/hut_telecom.asp

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Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited is the operating unit for=
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managing Hutchison Whampoa Group's wireless communications operations in Ho=
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Kong, Macau and Greater China. The Company is the largest mobile operator i=
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Hong Kong, which is one of the most important telecommunications hubs as we=
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as business centres in Asia. Hutchison Telecom provides superior GSM Dualba=
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and CDMA services with superb network quality and the widest international=
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roaming coverage under the "Orange" brand.
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There's an article over at Cellular News that seems to suggest it's in Chin=
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too:

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/9745.shtml


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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

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"O/Siris" <robjvargas@sprîntpcs.côm> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
In article <[email protected]>, Bob
[email protected] says...
> According to cdg.org, there is no CDMA coverage in Hong Kong ... So, if
> there is any roaming, it would be via GSM, and you would need to use a GSM
> phone ...
>
> Bob
>
Are you sure, Bob? I'm pretty sure there's an open service alert about not
being able to roam in Hong Kong. Plus there's:

http://www.qualcomm.com/press/pr/rel.../press644.html

A 1996 press release reporting that there is, in fact, CDMA coverage in Hong
Kong?

Ah, here we go:

http://www.cdg.org/cdg/members/hut_telecom.asp

===
Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited is the operating unit for
managing Hutchison Whampoa Group's wireless communications operations in
Hong
Kong, Macau and Greater China. The Company is the largest mobile operator in
Hong Kong, which is one of the most important telecommunications hubs as
well
as business centres in Asia. Hutchison Telecom provides superior GSM
Dualband
and CDMA services with superb network quality and the widest international
roaming coverage under the "Orange" brand.
===

There's an article over at Cellular News that seems to suggest it's in
China,
too:

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/9745.shtml

After seeing the original question in this thread, I went to cdg.org, to the
following link http://www.cdg.org/worldwide/index.asp . I picked Asia, then
China, and as you can see from that screen, only China Unicom shows up as a
provider, and the areas where 800 Cellular service is afforded.

I also went into SPCS's international roam page, and there was no CDMA/PCS
coverage listed for China, nor any listing for Hong Kong within the 15,000
city listings for China.

Just now, I went back to the cdg.org site, and noticed a separate link for
Hong Kong, which does show 2G 800 CDMA coverage by Hutchinson. When clicking
on the Hutchinson link, it still shows only 800 service. Doing some further
digging, here's the English version of OrangeHK's service in Hong Kong.
http://www.orangehk.com/eng/

Bob

"Robert" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Has anyone used SprintPCS in southern China and Hong Kong? They claim to
> have roaming but I would be interested in whether it is decent.
>
> TIA,
> Robert

Hutchison (OrangeHK) just started up their CDMA voice
network. Probably not many locals will sign up for CDMA
unless they need high speed data, until all of China
migrates to CDMA. AFAIK, up until now, the CDMA network
was used only for data. You're going to pay outrageous
fees for roaming from Sprint. If you don't need to be
reached at your regular number, it's better to get an
unlocked GSM phone and a prepaid SIM card. Leave your
phone at home and put a greeting on your voicemail with
your HK number.

If you go their web site, they let you choose GSM or CDMA
but they have no CDMA handsets.