Cell phone bandwidths in colombia

[Z]

jediknight posted this valuable info several days ago:

"as far as the frecuency for cell phones in colombia, comcel uses 850mhz while ola uses 1900 mhz, celcaribe uses 850mhz."

Very valuable info for those of us thinking of taking a sim-unlocked cell phone down and buying a sim card there. Does anyone else on the board have first-hand info about the bandwidths?  For example, what does BellSouth use? Are there other cell phone companies down there?

[jediknight]

... in response to Cell phone bandwidths in colombia, posted by Z on Oct 26, 2004

bellsouth uses cdma and tdma technology, as in verizon and att respectivly, but like att here in the US, Bellsouth is phasing out the old tdma technology. i was able to activate a V60t att phone with bellsouth without a problem, however, i also took a V60c verizon phone and they weren't able to activate it. i forgot the exact reason but something to do with the gov't not allowing cdma phones brought from the US to be activated there, maybe because it's such a new system that they want to make sure that colombians buy their phones in colombia rather than getting their phones cheaper from here.

[Locii]

... in response to Cell phone bandwidths in colombia, posted by Z on Oct 26, 2004

[This message has been edited by Locii]

This is a decent resource:  http://www.gsmworld.com/index.shtml

And here is the section addressing services available everywhere:
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml

And Colombia specifically:
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_co.shtml

Due to the dynamic nature of such technologies, I would re-re-verify everything, but this is a great launch point (with regional provider web site addresses often).

I mentioned this phone before...if cell phones can be exciting, this is a prime candidate....the Treo 650 has been officially 'announced'.   The GSM version is not available yet, but within a month or two probably.  I don't think they will want to miss holiday sales if they can help it:
http://www.palmone.com/us/products/smartphones/treo650/

** I though this had a 1.3 mpixel camera, but its seems to only be .3 mpixel after all?

Its a 4band GSM world phone.  The release of this will likely drop the second-hand price of its (quite decent in itself) predecessor, the Treo 600.  Keep an eye on Ebay for that.  I can readily the 600, and in all likelihood, the 650 as well.

Ciao

[Locii]

... in response to Re: Cell phone bandwidths in colombia, posted by Locii on Oct 27, 2004

I have tried, unsuccessfully, like 10X to edit my message about the Treo650 camera...it seems its only 640X480 after all, not the 1.3megapixel speculated previously.

Ciao