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Originally Posted by Motel75
I wish Vodafone would buy Verizon Wireless, or Verizon itself, but despite speculation 3 or 4 years ago it looks unlikely to happen now. The fact that Verizon Wireless chose not to adopt UMTS is widely believed to have been a way for Verizon to make things difficult for Vodafone. The sole concession they made to Voda was a GSM/CDMA "world phone" that no-one bought.
Anyway, the fact that Verizon Wireless uses neither UMTS nor GSM, and the fact that Vodafone is not involved in its operation, means that there's no Passport in the US. It's not like TMO or AT&T are going to drop their $3-per-minute roaming rates to help out their biggest competitor.
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If I recall correctly that handset was the Samsung SGH-A790:
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=406