USA Verizon phone working in India?!

Stu · 28-09-2010, 01:41

Yes. Reliance (India's second largest provider) uses CDMA on the 800mhz band:

Reliance Communications – Reliance Mobile is India’s premier CDMA Mobile Service Provider

Take a look at this Sprint roaming list near the bottom of the India:

Sprint International Carriers

There is US compatible CDMA in India, Indonesia, Israel, China, Japan (sorta), Macau, New Zealand, Peru, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh. This is in addition to the Carribean, Latin America, etc. Verizon enables CDMA roaming by default. Even on a World Phone, you have to ask for GSM roaming. This confuses many people.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	28-09-2010, 01:41 Yes. Reliance (India's second largest provider) uses CDMA on the 800mhz band: Reliance Communications – Reliance Mobile is India’s premier CDMA Mobile Service Provider Take a look at this Sprint roaming list near the bottom of the India: Sprint International Carriers There is US compatible CDMA in India, Indonesia, Israel, China, Japan (sorta), Macau, New Zealand, Peru, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Bangladesh. This is in addition to the Carribean, Latin America, etc. Verizon enables CDMA roaming by default. Even on a World Phone, you have to ask for GSM roaming. This confuses many people.