>
New Topic
>
Reply<
Esato Forum Index
>
Regional >
Americas
> Cingular Not Supporting Triband but Quadband
Bookmark topic
Today I learned that Cingular will Never Sell Triband phones again becuase they are now only going to sell Quadband phones and Dual Band Phones to support the New GSM Channel EGSM 850 for here in the U.S.
--
Posted: 2003-01-30 07:37:00
Edit :
Quote
Have not heard of any quadband devices being available. The Moto V600 will not be available before fall. Does anyone know of any quadband GSM phones in the market?
This message was posted from a WAP device
--
Posted: 2003-01-30 15:10:00
Edit :
Quote
Quadband is actually not an accurate term, the term is GAIT, it's a phone that is GSM and TDMA, though I've not seen any that are triband GSM with TDMA
--
Posted: 2003-01-30 16:08:00
Edit :
Quote
A GAIT Phone supports both TDMA and GSM technologies. Cingular is now carrying phones that support both 850 & 1900 (GSM) technologies. Some of those phones are the Mot. C331 and Nokia 6590. As for "Quadband", never heard of it.
--
Posted: 2003-01-30 16:54:00
Edit :
Quote
The Moto V600 will be a GSM quadband phone supporting the new 850Mhz GSM band in USA plus the 1900 GSM band already in use in the Amer. cont. This along with the 900 and 1800 GSM bands that are used in the rest of the world. So the term quadband exists.
This message was posted from a WAP device
--
Posted: 2003-01-30 17:34:00
Edit :
Quote
Thanks for the info... I've heard of such a phone but not of the terminology...
--
Posted: 2003-01-30 22:38:00
Edit :
Quote
I guess nobody here has heard of the NEC 515. AT&T will be offering this Quadband phone by end of 2nd qtr 2003.
--
Posted: 2003-01-31 04:24:00
Edit :
Quote
The first 850 MHz network went live in November in Panama. I did a little research and I too discovered how Cingular apparently beat everyone into obtaining the licence from the FCC. I am guessing though that for the sake of competition more licences will be rolled out to the other operators.
The NEC phone looks real nice... you can see it here:
http://www.portel.it/images/zoom/4602.jpg
It reminds me a lot of my GD87. Panasonic is going to come out with a quad band phone sometime next year, and Alcatel is already making the chips to support the new 850 band.
--
Posted: 2003-01-31 07:18:00
Edit :
Quote
What are the benefits of using a quadband phone?
This message was posted from a T68i
--
Posted: 2003-01-31 07:23:00
Edit :
Quote
i guess it's for global roaming advantages.
--
Posted: 2003-01-31 07:58:00
Edit :
Quote
New Topic
Reply
