Cheap CDMA phone

meir · 24-12-2007, 19:37

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Originally Posted by Effendi

There's CDMA also in nearby Romania, as well as in Belarus. But all those networks are rather ridiculous. The CDMA offer in Ukraine is nearly non existant (except the 450MHz one they use like in CZ), I almost couldn't find a single shop selling these phones and I suppose coverage is minimum too. Same in Belarus.

I guess you can find some info here: http://sprintmobile.net/ and http://www.idknet.com/

In CZ CDMA is used for data only now days. I knew about network in Belarus. Intertelekom coverage is not as bad as I thought. See map http://www.intertelecom.ua/ru/aboutcompany/cmap. Roots of the operator is in south of Ukraine, Odessa. This explains why is as widely available in other parts of country.

I would prefer GSM anyway.

Przemolog · 25-12-2007, 02:01

AFAIK CDMA 450 networks in Central and Eastern are "converted" former NMT 450 networks. This is AFAIK the case of Czech Rep., Romania and Belarus. In Poland NMT 450 will probably be "converted" to CDMA only in 2008. It has something around 2000 users countrywide (whereas the maximum was reached at the level about 270 000 in 1997). It's still live because Polish Telecom uses it for landline services in sparsely populated areas where there are problems with GSM Orange coverage.

However, we have here also a CDMA 800 operator (in the Warsaw area) named Sferia which is a landline one, at least in the aspect of numbering because from the point of view of the users is "partially mobile"

. Moreover it used to be a pager operator named Polpager which worked on "eastern" 65-74 MHz public radio broadcasting stations

.

See here for details: http://www.sferia.pl/index.php?action=page&cid=276.
There are rumours they want to create a "mixed" CDMA/GSM mobile network using dual system handsets and GSM national roaming

.

As to "non-existing countries", it was irony, of course. One could even say that Taiwan slightly exists since it's recongnised officially by 24 small countries only

. It makes almost no difference to zero countries that recognise PMR

Effendi · 25-12-2007, 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by meir

Intertelekom coverage is not as bad as I thought. See map http://www.intertelecom.ua/ru/aboutcompany/cmap. Roots of the operator is in south of Ukraine, Odessa. This explains why is as widely available in other parts of country.

Quite a good coverage indeed, it's strange that they don't cover the "Russian-side" of Ukraine at all, while they cover Crimea which is totally Russian-speaking. BTW I travelled quite a lot around Crimea and Odessa and I could hardly see a shop selling CDMA phones or CDMA advertising in streets...

P.S. I'm fond of non existing countries!

I passed very close to PMR last year and to Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh this year, but never entered... what a pity!

Malkav · 25-12-2007, 22:03

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Originally Posted by Effendi

P.S. I'm fond of non existing countries!

I passed very close to PMR last year and to Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh this year, but never entered... what a pity!

Me to....i visit Atlantis, Kerblechistan, Afsponistan, Durka-Durkastan, France, Imperial Jerkistan, Getthesodoutofhereistan...

fairly regularly....I have many good freinds in these countrys...and bank accounts in almost all of them!

meir · 25-12-2007, 22:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Effendi

Quite a good coverage indeed, it's strange that they don't cover the "Russian-side" of Ukraine at all, while they cover Crimea which is totally Russian-speaking. BTW I travelled quite a lot around Crimea and Odessa and I could hardly see a shop selling CDMA phones or CDMA advertising in streets...

P.S. I'm fond of non existing countries!

I passed very close to PMR last year and to Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh this year, but never entered... what a pity!

I believe the reason for this is that licenses were given for regions (not for the whole country) and in Eastern part of Ukraine is most of the businesses directly or indirectly in the hands of companies from Russia. So I assume they weren't able to get permission to extend their network overthere.

BTW: I am also big fan of so called "non existing countries". More freaks welcome to join the club.

Malkav · 26-12-2007, 03:09

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Originally Posted by meir

BTW: I am also big fan of so called "non existing countries". More freaks welcome to join the club.

I started that club...for membership details write to: Non existant country club, 355 Highland Drive, Ceaderwood city, Durpa-durpastan, durpa 077833!

Enclose a blank (signed) cheque and let your worries (and bank balance) wash away.....

A C.M.O.T Dibbler enterprise!

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Przemolog (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,211 Join Date: 06 Feb 2005 Location: Swidnik-home, Lublin-work Country:	25-12-2007, 02:01 AFAIK CDMA 450 networks in Central and Eastern are "converted" former NMT 450 networks. This is AFAIK the case of Czech Rep., Romania and Belarus. In Poland NMT 450 will probably be "converted" to CDMA only in 2008. It has something around 2000 users countrywide (whereas the maximum was reached at the level about 270 000 in 1997). It's still live because Polish Telecom uses it for landline services in sparsely populated areas where there are problems with GSM Orange coverage. However, we have here also a CDMA 800 operator (in the Warsaw area) named Sferia which is a landline one, at least in the aspect of numbering because from the point of view of the users is "partially mobile" . Moreover it used to be a pager operator named Polpager which worked on "eastern" 65-74 MHz public radio broadcasting stations . See here for details: http://www.sferia.pl/index.php?action=page&cid=276. There are rumours they want to create a "mixed" CDMA/GSM mobile network using dual system handsets and GSM national roaming . As to "non-existing countries", it was irony, of course. One could even say that Taiwan slightly exists since it's recongnised officially by 24 small countries only . It makes almost no difference to zero countries that recognise PMR