Siemens MC60 prepaid from KMart. Is it locked?

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adf - 20 Apr 2004 03:00 GMT

Hi. The paperwork that came with this phone when I bought it
claims it is locked to the Optus network.

I put in my Virgin sim and made calls/sent text without any
problems. So what do they mean by locked?

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Nick W - 20 Apr 2004 03:32 GMT

adf wrote in message ...

>Hi. The paperwork that came with this phone when I bought it
>claims it is locked to the Optus network.
>
>I put in my Virgin sim and made calls/sent text without any
>problems. So what do they mean by locked?

Sounds like its only a Network lock rather than a SIM lock.
Virgin use the Optus network IIRC... so a Virgin SIM will usually work in an
Optus Network locked handset.

Nick

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Rod Speed - 20 Apr 2004 04:04 GMT

> The paperwork that came with this phone when I
> bought it claims it is locked to the Optus network.

> I put in my Virgin sim and made calls/sent text without any problems.

The slut uses the Optarse network.

> So what do they mean by locked?

Wont work with a Telstra or Vodafone sim.

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Michael - 22 Apr 2004 10:22 GMT

> Hi. The paperwork that came with this phone when I bought it
> claims it is locked to the Optus network.
>
> I put in my Virgin sim and made calls/sent text without any
> problems. So what do they mean by locked?

Virgin is on the Optus network, so a Virgin SIM will work

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