From: Randy 

David B wrote:
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:44f8816d{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> CDMA or GSM. I don't see a current TDMA on the Motorola site.
>>
>> Cingular seems to only offer the GSM version in the two areas I checked.
>>
>
>
> That's because Cingular is a GSM carrier. Companies don't offer anything
> but their own protocol. They also lock them to their own service, so it
> isn't easy to take a T-Mobile GSM and convert it to a Cingular GSM.
>
> Hoowever, it CAN be done. Unless, of course, you use Sprint... That's a
> whole 'nother animal.

At least Verizon will allow foreign phones on their network, assuming you
can get the MSL code.

Getting GSM phones unlocked is fairly straightforward.

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