Austria: Orange's Datenpaket

inquisitor · 30-08-2011, 23:57

Of course there's WCDMA (also called UMTS or 3G) in Austria and all four operators support it at 2100 MHz. As of the 1800 MHz-band allthough it has been specified as UMTS frequency band III I've never heard of any operator on this planet running a UMTS-network at 1800 MHz nor have I ever seen compatible user equipment. That's why I assume that your router supports GSM (GPRS/EDGE) at 1800 MHz but not UMTS. In Austria besides UMTS at 2100 MHz, they have widespread GSM networks running at 900 and 1800 MHz.
Anyway GSM is a 2G network technology with modest bandwidth (max. 236 KBit/s through EDGE), so GSM is only of interest if you move outside 3G-coverage. In this case it would be better if your device supported GSM at 900 MHz than 1800 MHz, which provides further range and indoor penetration due to the physical properties of lower frequencies.

mkubo · 31-08-2011, 04:21

Hello norbi,

I found a coverage map. According to this info, as inquisitor says, Orange and other major operators offer WCDM/2100. As I will visit Vienna and its suburbs, as long as Datenpaket supports both WCDMA and GSM, it will be fine for me.

Hello inquisitor,

First of all, "1800" was my typo. I checked again and its "800" as you pointed out.

Do you know Orange (and other operators) support both WCDMA and GSM with single SIM?

Because there is no operataor in Japan that supports WCDMA and GSM, I am afraid whether I can use my wifi router in service area of WCDMA.

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	30-08-2011, 23:57 Of course there's WCDMA (also called UMTS or 3G) in Austria and all four operators support it at 2100 MHz. As of the 1800 MHz-band allthough it has been specified as UMTS frequency band III I've never heard of any operator on this planet running a UMTS-network at 1800 MHz nor have I ever seen compatible user equipment. That's why I assume that your router supports GSM (GPRS/EDGE) at 1800 MHz but not UMTS. In Austria besides UMTS at 2100 MHz, they have widespread GSM networks running at 900 and 1800 MHz. Anyway GSM is a 2G network technology with modest bandwidth (max. 236 KBit/s through EDGE), so GSM is only of interest if you move outside 3G-coverage. In this case it would be better if your device supported GSM at 900 MHz than 1800 MHz, which provides further range and indoor penetration due to the physical properties of lower frequencies. terminals: Samsung: Galaxy S5 DuoS (G900FD); BLU: Win HD LTE; Nokia: 1200; Asus: Fonepad 7 ME372CG; Huawei data: E3372, Vodafone R201, K3765, E1762; postpaid: O2 on Business XL; prepaid: DE: Aldi Talk, Lidl; UK: 3; BG: MTel, vivacom; RU: MTS; RS: MTS; UAE: du Tourist SIM; INT'L: toggle mobile VoIP: sipgate.de (German DID); sipgate.co.uk (British DID); ukddi.com (British DID); sipcall.ch (Swiss DID); megafon.bg (Bulgarian DID); InterVoip.com

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mkubo (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 3 Join Date: 30 Aug 2011 Country:	31-08-2011, 04:21 Hello norbi, I found a coverage map. According to this info, as inquisitor says, Orange and other major operators offer WCDM/2100. As I will visit Vienna and its suburbs, as long as Datenpaket supports both WCDMA and GSM, it will be fine for me. Hello inquisitor, First of all, "1800" was my typo. I checked again and its "800" as you pointed out. Do you know Orange (and other operators) support both WCDMA and GSM with single SIM? Because there is no operataor in Japan that supports WCDMA and GSM, I am afraid whether I can use my wifi router in service area of WCDMA.