It's called dual-mode tri-band (or quadband), i.e., the modes are W-CDMA/GSM,
and the bands are the various GSM bands.
Korea used to be cdma2000 only (though with different frequency than in
Japan), but the Government of Korea has made the initiative to adopt
W-CDMA to increase Korea's competitiveness. So now you can roam with
your W-CDMA handsets in Korea too, given roaming-activated SIM
subscription. I have only tried in Seoul though, so I am not sure about
its coverage now. Of course with special au handset (dual frequency
handset) roaming has always been possible with Korea.
Pada Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:02:07 +0900
si "Tracey Northcott" <tracey@enfour.com> bilang:
> Stuart,
>
> You can get quadband GSM phones here. So they are tri-band GSM plus
> wCDMA. Korea is the only one I am not sure about.
>
> What network are you on? Any of the new Nokia's from Softbank will do
> the trick, but also on DoCoMo there are a heap of new phones that are
> fine including the Motorola Razr. Just pop into the shops or to the
> websites and they will list the countries that they will work in.
>
> Cheers,
> Tracey
>
> On 18/07/07, keitai-l@appelsiini.net <keitai-l@appelsiini.net> wrote:
> > keitai-l Digest Tue, 17 Jul 2007 Volume: 08 Issue: 061
> >
> > In This Issue:
> > Roaming Abroad
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:32:16 +0900
> > From: "Stuart Woodward" <stuart@stuartwoodward.com>
> > Subject: Roaming Abroad
> >
> > Does anyone have any advice about the choices for a mobile phone
> > service that would allow a Japan based user roam in Korea/Hong
> > Kong/Singapore and Australia?
> >
> > Also would it be better to purchase a multi band GSM overseas rather
> > than in Japan?
> >
> > Stuart
> >
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