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Stu · 18-01-2008, 13:51

Yes,

Japan and Korea's domestic standards are different from one another. Korea is essentially an 800mhz CDMA country -- some Verizon handsets work. WCDMA is new for both countries and represent Japan and Korea's attempt to interconnect with the rest of the World.

PhotoJim · 18-01-2008, 14:43

North America isn't using 2100 MHz for W-CDMA because it's already been deployed for other purposes.

I don't think there is any giant conspiracy about it. If it were available, it would be a no-brainer to use it for this.

Effendi · 20-01-2008, 11:06

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Originally Posted by PhotoJim

North America isn't using 2100 MHz for W-CDMA because it's already been deployed for other purposes.

I don't think there is any giant conspiracy about it. If it were available, it would be a no-brainer to use it for this.

Ok, but maybe it would have been smarter to talk about it BEFORE, with European and Asiatic "friends" and decide to use a unique frequency. And also deciding to use 2, why the Americans cannot use just 1 for their 2 operators? It's nonsense that AT&T uses 1900 and T-Mob 1700.

snidely · 20-01-2008, 14:48

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Originally Posted by Effendi

Ok, but maybe it would have been smarter to talk about it BEFORE, with European and Asiatic "friends" and decide to use a unique frequency. And also deciding to use 2, why the Americans cannot use just 1 for their 2 operators? It's nonsense that AT&T uses 1900 and T-Mob 1700.

TM doesn't have as many licenses as ATT and not nearly the bandwidth in areas where they do have licenses. ATT has both 1900 and the original 800 (850) licenses. T-M's forrerunners came into the game when there were only 1900 licenses available. That was why it was essential for T-M to bid for 1700 licenses when that opened up.

...mike

VladS · 20-01-2008, 15:54

In the next few years we'll also see 700MHz devices out there as Canada and the US are starting to auction this spectrum off.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	18-01-2008, 13:51 Yes, Japan and Korea's domestic standards are different from one another. Korea is essentially an 800mhz CDMA country -- some Verizon handsets work. WCDMA is new for both countries and represent Japan and Korea's attempt to interconnect with the rest of the World.

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	18-01-2008, 14:43 North America isn't using 2100 MHz for W-CDMA because it's already been deployed for other purposes. I don't think there is any giant conspiracy about it. If it were available, it would be a no-brainer to use it for this. CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	20-01-2008, 15:54 In the next few years we'll also see 700MHz devices out there as Canada and the US are starting to auction this spectrum off. VladS Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list