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MATHA531 · 29-05-2006, 23:25

This is an ongoing problem with nokia phones...they use the same model number for their world phones and the phones they cripple to make cingular happy and give them 850 service at the expense of 900 service...they make dual bands with 850/1900 for use in North America and 900/1800 for use in the rest of the civilized and uncivilized world.

No matter...luckily op is in Italy...attention op go into any mobile phone store and ask for an unlocked dual band phone...they sell them in Italy for around ?30...you will see the UM sim will work perfectly.

Sorry you had this trouble but it is a by product of the inability, probably for good reasons, of the USA to standardize with the rest of the gsm world 15 years ago.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	29-05-2006, 23:25 This is an ongoing problem with nokia phones...they use the same model number for their world phones and the phones they cripple to make cingular happy and give them 850 service at the expense of 900 service...they make dual bands with 850/1900 for use in North America and 900/1800 for use in the rest of the civilized and uncivilized world. No matter...luckily op is in Italy...attention op go into any mobile phone store and ask for an unlocked dual band phone...they sell them in Italy for around ?30...you will see the UM sim will work perfectly. Sorry you had this trouble but it is a by product of the inability, probably for good reasons, of the USA to standardize with the rest of the gsm world 15 years ago.