Neo1973 compatible cellphone providers
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* Vodafone | * Vodafone | ||
* [http://www.ideacellular.com/ Idea] | * [http://www.ideacellular.com/ Idea] | ||
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* Spice | * Spice | ||
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== Japan == | == Japan == | ||
Revision as of 19:57, 8 August 2007
The Neo1973 uses quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 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. Please help by filling this out alphabetically:
There is also a Carriers page that should be merged with this section.
Belgium
Canada
China
- China Mobile
- China Unicom (CHINA UNICOM GSM)
Czech Republic
Denmark
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
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.
France
All:
Germany
All:
India
All GSM:
Japan
According to the GSM-Association there is no GSM in Japan, except for UMTS.
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands
All.
(There are more)
For a breakdown of SIM-only plans, go to Bellen.com
New Zealand
Norway
- NetCom (GSM900/1800 & UMTS)
- Network Norway (GSM900)
- Telenor (GSM900/1800 & UMTS)
Poland
Romania
Russia
global
regional
- СМАРТС/SMARTS (GSM900/1800)
- TELE2 (GSM900/1800)
- Ютел/Utel (GSM900/1800)
- Сибирьтелеком/Sibirtelecom (GSM-900/1800)
- НСС/NSS (GSM900/1800)
- Байкалвестком/Baykalvestcom (GSM900/1800)
Slovak Republic
All:
South Africa
Sweden
Operators with their own physical networks:
Virtual Operators:
Switzerland
(all)
Taiwan
- Chunghwa Telecom
- Far EasTone Telecommunications Co Ltd
- KG Telecom
- MobiTai
- Taiwan Mobile Co.Ltd
Ukraine
- UMC (including virtual Jeans, Ecotel)
- Kyivstar (including virtual DJUICE, Mobilych)
- life:)
- Beeline
- Golden Telecom
- PrivatMobile
United Kingdom
United States
- AT&T - (Was Cingular)
- T-Mobile
- 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
Uruguay
- Ancel -
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.
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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