From: email@body.of.post (Jason Soon)
Subject: Re: GSM in USA?
Date: 1997/12/29
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On Fri, 26 Dec 1997 21:06:51 -0800, "Ted Lee"  wrote:
>Bring your SIM card with you from Hong Kong.
>
>Here in North America GSM uses 1900 MHz. So you will need to use a 1900 MHz
>GSM phone.
>
>In Canada, they will be free or very low cost $25 for example for a used
>Nortel 1911.
>
>Fido (GSM provider in Canada) sells  them for $50 new. In Jan. 98 the Nokia
>6190 will be offer for an extra $100 to upgrade. So once people upgrade they
>will not really need their old digital only 1900 MHz GSM phone.
>
>Hence half price or free.

Yeah, but provided that those cheap second hand (or new) digital phones are not "SIM
Locked".  If so, Can$25 (or $50) seems like a lot of money for a fancy paper weight.

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