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OpenMoko uses quad-band [[GSM]] (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) so any GSM provider in the world should be compatible. Choosing the right (GSM) provider is not a special topic only for using the Neo1973 at your place - In general: when you are looking for a mobil solution at your region you would have to care abouts:
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''(NOTE: the Neo1973 GTA01 (and currently the GTA02) is a tri-band GSM device, not a quad-band device.  It seems that there are two configurations available: 900/1800/1900 MHz, commonly referred to as "European tri-band" and 850/1800/1900 MHz, tri-band for North America.  Each will have some support in most parts of the world, but look at your carrier options to see which is best for you''
* the network coverage of different provider
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* different tariffs of these provider
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The Neo1973 uses tri-band [[GSM]] (900/1800/1900 or 850/1800/1900 MHz) so any GSM provider in the world should be compatible. In general, when you are looking for a mobile solution in your region, you would need to be aware of:
and choose the right for you. ;)  When your haven't experiances with GSM coverage at your town yet, it would be clearly more usefull to ask people at your town with GSM experiances - then asking our mailinglist. When you have doupts about the coverage, borrow a GSM device or buy a cheap(used) one and maybe buy a cheap prepaidcard (mostly starts at 10 US$/Euro). Good information about Prepaid GSM cards:
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* the ''network coverage'' of available providers
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* different ''tariffs'' of these providers
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and choose the one that is right for you. If you haven't had any experience with GSM coverage in your area, you may want to inquire locally from the available providers and people you know that may already have experienced GSM at your location. You may also want to subscribe to our mailing list. If you have doubts about the coverage for your area, you may want to borrow a GSM phone or buy an inexpensive one so that you can get a feel for how the Neo1973 will work in your area. You can help keep your cost down by using a prepaid card for your testing.
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Here is some information on Prepaid GSM cards:
 
* [http://www.prepaidgsm.net/ PrePaidGSM - worldwide overview about GSM prepaid offers]
 
* [http://www.prepaidgsm.net/ PrePaidGSM - worldwide overview about GSM prepaid offers]
Think twice before choosing a tariff with long duration contracts (>= 1 year) especialy prices for GPRS data tariffs will (likly) fall (in most countries). Long duration contracts are mostly combined with hardware subvention but heavy advertised - so a second view to GSM offers beside the biggest advertisment flyers worth a view ;)
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Think twice before choosing a tariff with long duration contracts (more than 12 months), because prices for the GPRS data tariffs are ''likely'' to lower in many countries. Also, long duration contracts are mostly combined with hardware (ie: free or steeply discounted phone with a 24 or 36 month contract). It will be worth your while to shop around for competing offers from the different providers in your area.
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We chose the GSM network format for the Neo1973 because GSM is in use by more countries than any other mobile phone standard. As a result, you will have better coverage with the Neo1973, and we felt that it was the best choice for our Openmoko devices. When the Neo1973 is successful, and we believe that it will be, we will be developing new devices that we will be bringing to market. They will be running Openmoko and supporting additional mobile phone network standards as well. So if GSM is not available in your area (ie: some areas in the USA), Openmoko will be bringing other options to market in the future.
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Below is a list of Neo1973-compatible providers around the world. In some countries there is also [http://www.three.com/ three] using UMTS but should support roaming. Please help by filling this out ''alphabetically'':
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There is also a [[Carriers]] page that should be merged with this section.
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==Argentina==
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* [http://www.movistar.com.ar/ Movistar]
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* [http://www.personal.com.ar/ Personal]
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* [http://www.cti.com.ar/ CTI]
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==Austria==
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* [http://www.a1.net/ A1.net]
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* [http://www.one.at ONE]
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* [http://www.t-mobile.at T-Mobile]
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* [http://www.telering.at/ Tele.Ring]
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* [http://www.yesss.at/ Yesss]
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* [http://www.telekom.at/ Aon Mobil]
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* Some other like [http://www.bob.at BOB] being sold in Supermarkets
  
Why GSM? Because this standard is used in more contries then any other mobile phone standard. So it's coverage was the best choice for building a first device to start OpenMoko. When Neo1973/OpenMoko is succsessfull, it is very likly that there will come new devices to the market, running OpenMoko and supporting other mobile phone standards as well. When GSM has not the best coverage at your town, e.g. some region in the USA, please be patient with OpenMoko and the GSM coverage at your town...
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== Belgium ==
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* [http://www.proximus.be/ Proximus]
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* [http://www.base.be/ Base]
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* [http://www.mobistar.be/LanguageIndex.html Mobistar]
  
This is a breakdown of OpenMoko-compatible providers around the world. Please help by filling this out alphabetically:
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== Bulgaria ==
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* [http://www.mtel.bg/ Mobiltel]
  
 
== Canada ==
 
== Canada ==
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* [http://www.icewireless.ca/ IceWireless]
 
* [http://www.icewireless.ca/ IceWireless]
 
* [http://www.rogers.ca/ Rogers]
 
* [http://www.rogers.ca/ Rogers]
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* [http://www.yak.ca/ Yak Communications]
  
 
== China ==
 
== China ==
* Please add to the list.
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* China Mobile (CMCC) ([http://www.chinamobile.com/en/ English] - [http://www.chinamobile.com/ Simplified Chinese])
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* China Unicom ([http://www.chinaunicom.com.cn/english/index.html English] - [http://www.chinaunicom.com.cn/ Simplified Chinese])
  
 
== Czech Republic ==
 
== Czech Republic ==
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* [http://www.cz.o2.com/ o2]
 
* [http://www.cz.o2.com/ o2]
 
* [http://www.t-mobile.cz/ T-mobile]
 
* [http://www.t-mobile.cz/ T-mobile]
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== Denmark ==
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* Sonofon ([http://www.sonofon.dk/english/index.shtml English] - [http://www.sonofon.dk/ Danish])
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* TDC A/S ([http://tdc.com English] - [http://privat.tdc.dk/mobil/ Danish])
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* Telia DK ([http://telia.dk/privat/produkter/mobil/ Danish])
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== Estonia ==
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* [http://www.emt.ee/ EMT]
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* [http://www.tele2.ee/ Tele2] - Very low rates for GPRS. You can get 3GB of bandwidth for 675EEK(~43€) per month.
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* [http://www.elisa.ee/ Elisa] - With M-internet plan you get free access to Elisa wifi hotspots 
  
 
== Finland ==
 
== Finland ==
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* [http://www.tele.fi Telefinland] - They haven't got an English site, but they're part of the Teliasonera.
 
* [http://www.tele.fi Telefinland] - They haven't got an English site, but they're part of the Teliasonera.
 
* [http://www.gsm.aland.fi/ Ålands Mobiltelefon] - Only in the Åland Islands in the southwestern Finland. Also a roaming network operator.
 
* [http://www.gsm.aland.fi/ Ålands Mobiltelefon] - Only in the Åland Islands in the southwestern Finland. Also a roaming network operator.
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== France ==
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All:
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* [http://www.sfr.fr SFR]
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* [http://www.bouyguestelecom.fr/ Bouygues Telecom]
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* [http://www.orange.fr Orange]
  
 
== Germany ==
 
== Germany ==
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* [http://www.eplus.de/ E-Plus]
 
* [http://www.eplus.de/ E-Plus]
 
* [http://www.t-mobile.de/ T-mobile]
 
* [http://www.t-mobile.de/ T-mobile]
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== India ==
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All GSM:
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* [http://www.airtel.in/ Airtel]
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* [http://www.ideacellular.com/ Idea]
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* Reliance GSM
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* BPL Mobile
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* Spice
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* [http://www.bsnl.co.in/ BSNL]
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* [http://www.vodafone.in/ Vodafone]
  
 
== Japan ==
 
== Japan ==
  
* Please add to the list.
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According to the [http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_jp.shtml GSM-Association] there is no GSM in Japan, except for UMTS.
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== Latvia ==
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* [http://www.lmt.lv/ LMT]
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* [http://www.bite.lv/ Bitė]
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* [http://www.tele2.lv/ Tele2]
  
 
== Lithuania ==
 
== Lithuania ==
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== Norway ==
 
== Norway ==
 
* [http://www.netcom.no/ NetCom] (GSM900/1800 & UMTS)
 
* [http://www.netcom.no/ NetCom] (GSM900/1800 & UMTS)
* [http://www.networknorway.no/ Network Norway] (GSM900)
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* [http://www.networknorway.no/ Network Norway] (GSM900 & UTMS)
 
* [http://www.telenormobil.no/ Telenor] (GSM900/1800 & UMTS)
 
* [http://www.telenormobil.no/ Telenor] (GSM900/1800 & UMTS)
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Virtual Operators:
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* [http://www.onecall.no Onecall] (Netcom and Network Norway)
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== Panamá ==
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* [http://www.masmovil.com.pa/ Cable & Wireles Panamá (+Móvil)] (GSM850)
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* [http://www.movistar.com.pa/ Telefónica Panamá (Movistar)] (GSM850)
  
 
== Poland ==
 
== Poland ==
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* [http://www.plusgsm.pl/ Plus]
 
* [http://www.plusgsm.pl/ Plus]
 
* [http://www.orange.pl/ Orange] - europe wide provider
 
* [http://www.orange.pl/ Orange] - europe wide provider
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* [http://www.playmobile.pl/ Play]
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== Portugal ==
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* [http://www.tmn.pt/ TMN]
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* [http://optimus.pt/ OPTIMUS]
  
 
== Romania ==
 
== Romania ==
 
   
 
   
 
* [http://www.vodafone.ro Vodafone] (226-01; GSM900)
 
* [http://www.vodafone.ro Vodafone] (226-01; GSM900)
* [http://www.orange.ro Orange] (226-04; GSM900)
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* [http://www.orange.ro Orange] (226-10; GSM900)
 
* [http://www.cosmote.com Cosmote] (226-06; GSM1800)
 
* [http://www.cosmote.com Cosmote] (226-06; GSM1800)
  
* [http://www.zapp.ro/ Zapp] is running CDMA (Qualcomm style) and as such it is incompatible with [[Neo1973]]. Future versions of the Neo1973 '''may''' come with a CDMA-capable baseband chip or [[FIC]] '''may''' release both GSM- and CDMA- enabled versions sometime in the future.
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* [http://www.zapp.ro/ Zapp] is running CDMA (Qualcomm style) and as such it is incompatible with [[Neo1973]].
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== Russia ==
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=== global ===
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* [http://www.beeline.ru/ Билайн]/BeeLine (GSM900/1800)
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* [http://megafon.ru/ МегаФон]/MegaFon (GSM900/1800)
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* [http://www.mts.ru МТС]/MTS (GSM900/1800)
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=== regional ===
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* [http://www.smarts.ru/ СМАРТС]/SMARTS (GSM900/1800)
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* [http://www.tele2.ru TELE2] (GSM900/1800)
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* [http://www.u-tel.ru/ Ютел]/Utel (GSM900/1800)
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* [http://www2.sibirtelecom.ru/857 Сибирьтелеком]/Sibirtelecom (GSM-900/1800)
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* [http://www.ncc.nnov.ru/ НСС]/NSS (GSM900/1800)
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* [http://www.bwc.ru/ Байкалвестком]/Baykalvestcom (GSM900/1800)
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== Singapore ==
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* [http://www.singtel.com/ Singtel]
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== Slovak Republic ==
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All:
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* [http://www.orange.sk/ Orange]
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* [http://www.sk.o2.com/ o2]
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* [http://www.t-mobile.sk/ T-mobile]
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== South Africa ==
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* [http://www.vodacom.co.za/ Vodacom]
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* [http://www.mtn.co.za/ MTN]
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* [http://www.cellc.co.za/ Cell C]
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== Spain ==
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* [http://www.vodafone.es/ Vodafone]
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* [http://www.movistar.es/ Movistar]
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* [http://www.orange.es/ Orange]
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* [http://www.simyo.es/ Simyo] Not yet trusted, but shoud have no imcompatibilities.
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* [http://www.yoigo.es/ Yoigo] Not yet trusted, but shoud have no imcompatibilities.
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== Sweden ==
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Operators with their own physical networks:
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* [http://comviq.se/ Comviq/Tele2]
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* [http://www.telia.se/ Telia]
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* [http://www.tre.se/ 3]
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* [http://www.telenor.se Telenor]
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Virtual Operators:
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* [http://www.tangomini.se TangoMini]
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* [http://www.halebop.se Halebop]
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* [http://www.djuice.se Djuice]
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== Switzerland ==
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(all)
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* [http://www.swisscom-mobile.ch/ Swisscom Mobile] (including virtual [http://www.m-budget-mobile.ch/ Migros Budget Mobile] tested with FSO unstable)
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* [http://www.sunrise.ch/ Sunrise](including virtual [http://www.yallo.ch/ yallo])
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* [http://www.orange.ch/ Orange]
  
 
== Taiwan ==
 
== Taiwan ==
  
* Please add to the list.
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* Chunghwa Telecom
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* Far EasTone Telecommunications Co Ltd
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* KG Telecom
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* MobiTai
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* Taiwan Mobile Co.Ltd
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== Ukraine ==
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* [http://www.mts.com.ua/ MTS Ukraine] (including virtual [http://www.jeans.com.ua/ Jeans], [http://www.ekotel.com.ua/ Ecotel])
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* [http://www.kyivstar.net/ Kyivstar] (including virtual [http://www.djuice.com.ua/ DJUICE], [http://mobilych.com.ua/ Mobilych])
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* [http://www.life.com.ua/ life:)]
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* [http://www.beeline.ua/ Beeline]
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* [http://gsm.goldentele.com/ Golden Telecom]
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* [http://www.privatmobile.com.ua/ PrivatMobile]
  
 
== United Kingdom ==
 
== United Kingdom ==
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* [http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/home.do Virgin Mobile]
 
* [http://www.vodafone.co.uk/ Vodafone]
 
* [http://www.vodafone.co.uk/ Vodafone]
 
* [http://www.o2.co.uk/ O2]
 
* [http://www.o2.co.uk/ O2]
 
* [http://www.orange.co.uk/ Orange]
 
* [http://www.orange.co.uk/ Orange]
 
* [http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/ T-mobile]
 
* [http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/ T-mobile]
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* [http://www.three.co.uk/ 3] ''There is a rumour that 3 use technology that blocks detect  phones that are not capable of 3G from their 2G network.  If this rumour is true, then 3 would not really be compatible with the GSM-only Neo1973
  
 
== United States ==
 
== United States ==
  
* [http://cingular.com/ Cingular] - soon to be AT&T
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* [[Carriers/ATT|AT&T]] - (Was Cingular)
* [http://t-mobile.com/ T-Mobile]
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* [[Carriers/CellularOne|Cellular One/Dobson Cellular]] - Their Prepaid Cellular page says it works with any GSM phone.  However according to Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobson_Cellular] they are possibly being acquired by AT&T, so it's unknown whether they will stay GSM or not.
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* [[Carriers/TMobile|T-Mobile]] - Works with Neo1973 using manual GSM commands w/prepaid SIM.
 
* Other (more local) GSM-network providers can be found at [http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml GSMworld.com]
 
* Other (more local) GSM-network providers can be found at [http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml GSMworld.com]
* [http://www.unicel.com/ UNICEL] - A provider that has GPRS and EDGE in many parts of Northeast / New England. Coverage in ME, VT, NH, MA, NY. It is not listed at GSMworld. 850/1900 bands.
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* [http://www.unicel.com/ UNICEL] - Has just been purchased by Verizon Wireless (Aug/1/07), they are planning on take down their GSM Network except to support roaming GSM customers. GSM customers will be transition to CDMA. :(
* Wikipedia has a list of providers and technologies [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_phone_companies here]. Only GSM networks are compatible with Neo1973.
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* Wikipedia has a list of providers and technologies [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_mobile_phone_companies here]. Only GSM networks are compatible with the Neo1973.
 
* [http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/usa.html PrepaidGSM.net information about GSM prepaid cards in the USA]
 
* [http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/usa.html PrepaidGSM.net information about GSM prepaid cards in the USA]
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== Uruguay ==
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* [http://www.ancel.com.uy/ Ancel] -
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== Venezuela ==
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* [http://www.digitel.com.ve/ Digitel] - This works on the 900Mhz band.
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* [http://www.movistar.com.ve/ Movistar] - Previously named Telcel. It is moving from CDMA to GSM, but currently all its new phones are GSM. They work on the 850 Mhz band.
  
 
== Rest of World (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America) ==
 
== Rest of World (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America) ==
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(More info available at: [http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml GSMworld.com])
 
(More info available at: [http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml GSMworld.com])
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[[Category:Carriers]]

Latest revision as of 20:37, 22 December 2008

Contents

(NOTE: the Neo1973 GTA01 (and currently the GTA02) is a tri-band GSM device, not a quad-band device. It seems that there are two configurations available: 900/1800/1900 MHz, commonly referred to as "European tri-band" and 850/1800/1900 MHz, tri-band for North America. Each will have some support in most parts of the world, but look at your carrier options to see which is best for you

The Neo1973 uses tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 or 850/1800/1900 MHz) so any GSM provider in the world should be compatible. In general, when you are looking for a mobile solution in your region, you would need to be aware of:

  • the network coverage of available providers
  • different tariffs of these providers

and choose the one that is right for you. If you haven't had any experience with GSM coverage in your area, you may want to inquire locally from the available providers and people you know that may already have experienced GSM at your location. You may also want to subscribe to our mailing list. If you have doubts about the coverage for your area, you may want to borrow a GSM phone or buy an inexpensive one so that you can get a feel for how the Neo1973 will work in your area. You can help keep your cost down by using a prepaid card for your testing.

Here is some information on Prepaid GSM cards:

Think twice before choosing a tariff with long duration contracts (more than 12 months), because prices for the GPRS data tariffs are likely to lower in many countries. Also, long duration contracts are mostly combined with hardware (ie: free or steeply discounted phone with a 24 or 36 month contract). It will be worth your while to shop around for competing offers from the different providers in your area.

We chose the GSM network format for the Neo1973 because GSM is in use by more countries than any other mobile phone standard. As a result, you will have better coverage with the Neo1973, and we felt that it was the best choice for our Openmoko devices. When the Neo1973 is successful, and we believe that it will be, we will be developing new devices that we will be bringing to market. They will be running Openmoko and supporting additional mobile phone network standards as well. So if GSM is not available in your area (ie: some areas in the USA), Openmoko will be bringing other options to market in the future.

Below is a list of Neo1973-compatible providers around the world. In some countries there is also three using UMTS but should support roaming. Please help by filling this out alphabetically:

There is also a Carriers page that should be merged with this section.

[edit] Argentina

[edit] Austria

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Bulgaria

[edit] Canada

[edit] China

[edit] Czech Republic

[edit] Denmark

[edit] Estonia

  • EMT
  • Tele2 - Very low rates for GPRS. You can get 3GB of bandwidth for 675EEK(~43€) per month.
  • Elisa - With M-internet plan you get free access to Elisa wifi hotspots

[edit] Finland

  • Cubio
  • Dna - Also a roaming network operator (Network operated under the name Dna Networks Ltd)
  • Elisa - Also a roaming network operator.
  • Go mobile
  • Hesburger - Do you want sim card(s) with that?
  • Kolumbus - Strangely they don't offer their website in English, but they're a part of the Elisa.
  • Teliasonera - Also a roaming network operator.
  • Telefinland - They haven't got an English site, but they're part of the Teliasonera.
  • Ålands Mobiltelefon - Only in the Åland Islands in the southwestern Finland. Also a roaming network operator.

[edit] France

All:

[edit] Germany

All:

[edit] India

All GSM:

[edit] Japan

According to the GSM-Association there is no GSM in Japan, except for UMTS.

[edit] Latvia

[edit] Lithuania

[edit] Netherlands

All.

(There are more)

For a breakdown of SIM-only plans, go to Bellen.com

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Norway

Virtual Operators:

  • Onecall (Netcom and Network Norway)

[edit] Panamá

[edit] Poland

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Romania

  • Zapp is running CDMA (Qualcomm style) and as such it is incompatible with Neo1973.

[edit] Russia

[edit] global

[edit] regional

[edit] Singapore

[edit] Slovak Republic

All:

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Spain

[edit] Sweden

Operators with their own physical networks:

Virtual Operators:

[edit] Switzerland

(all)

[edit] Taiwan

  • Chunghwa Telecom
  • Far EasTone Telecommunications Co Ltd
  • KG Telecom
  • MobiTai
  • Taiwan Mobile Co.Ltd

[edit] Ukraine

[edit] United Kingdom

  • Virgin Mobile
  • Vodafone
  • O2
  • Orange
  • T-mobile
  • 3 There is a rumour that 3 use technology that blocks detect phones that are not capable of 3G from their 2G network. If this rumour is true, then 3 would not really be compatible with the GSM-only Neo1973

[edit] United States

  • AT&T - (Was Cingular)
  • Cellular One/Dobson Cellular - Their Prepaid Cellular page says it works with any GSM phone. However according to Wikipedia [1] they are possibly being acquired by AT&T, so it's unknown whether they will stay GSM or not.
  • T-Mobile - Works with Neo1973 using manual GSM commands w/prepaid SIM.
  • Other (more local) GSM-network providers can be found at GSMworld.com
  • UNICEL - Has just been purchased by Verizon Wireless (Aug/1/07), they are planning on take down their GSM Network except to support roaming GSM customers. GSM customers will be transition to CDMA. :(
  • Wikipedia has a list of providers and technologies here. Only GSM networks are compatible with the Neo1973.
  • PrepaidGSM.net information about GSM prepaid cards in the USA

[edit] Uruguay


[edit] Venezuela

  • Digitel - This works on the 900Mhz band.
  • Movistar - Previously named Telcel. It is moving from CDMA to GSM, but currently all its new phones are GSM. They work on the 850 Mhz band.

[edit] Rest of World (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America)

  • almost all use GSM thus they are compatible

(More info available at: GSMworld.com)

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Contents

OpenMoko uses quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) so any GSM provider in the world should be compatible. Choosing the right (GSM) provider is not a special topic only for using the Neo1973 at your place - In general: when you are looking for a mobil solution at your region you would have to care abouts:

  • the network coverage of different provider
  • different tariffs of these provider

and choose the right for you. ;) When your haven't experiances with GSM coverage at your town yet, it would be clearly more usefull to ask people at your town with GSM experiances - then asking our mailinglist. When you have doupts about the coverage, borrow a GSM device or buy a cheap(used) one and maybe buy a cheap prepaidcard (mostly starts at 10 US$/Euro). Good information about Prepaid GSM cards:

Think twice before choosing a tariff with long duration contracts (>= 1 year) especialy prices for GPRS data tariffs will (likly) fall (in most countries). Long duration contracts are mostly combined with hardware subvention but heavy advertised - so a second view to GSM offers beside the biggest advertisment flyers worth a view ;)

Why GSM? Because this standard is used in more contries then any other mobile phone standard. So it's coverage was the best choice for building a first device to start OpenMoko. When Neo1973/OpenMoko is succsessfull, it is very likly that there will come new devices to the market, running OpenMoko and supporting other mobile phone standards as well. When GSM has not the best coverage at your town, e.g. some region in the USA, please be patient with OpenMoko and the GSM coverage at your town...

This is a breakdown of OpenMoko-compatible providers around the world. Please help by filling this out alphabetically:

Canada

China

  • Please add to the list.

Czech Republic

Finland

  • Cubio
  • Dna - Also a roaming network operator (Network operated under the name Dna Networks Ltd)
  • Elisa - Also a roaming network operator.
  • Go mobile
  • Hesburger - Do you want sim card(s) with that?
  • Kolumbus - Strangely they don't offer their website in English, but they're a part of the Elisa.
  • Teliasonera - Also a roaming network operator.
  • Telefinland - They haven't got an English site, but they're part of the Teliasonera.
  • Ålands Mobiltelefon - Only in the Åland Islands in the southwestern Finland. Also a roaming network operator.

Germany

All:

Japan

  • Please add to the list.

Lithuania

Netherlands

All.

(There are more)

For a breakdown of SIM-only plans, go to Bellen.com

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Romania

  • Zapp is running CDMA (Qualcomm style) and as such it is incompatible with Neo1973. Future versions of the Neo1973 may come with a CDMA-capable baseband chip or FIC may release both GSM- and CDMA- enabled versions sometime in the future.

Taiwan

  • Please add to the list.

United Kingdom

United States

Rest of World (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America)

  • almost all use GSM thus they are compatible

(More info available at: GSMworld.com)