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JD - 06 Mar 2004 22:31 GMT

Going to Buenos Aires (also may have a brief stop in Iguazu and in Colonia
Uraguay) later this month. Can someone tell me whether you have had success
with coverage with a T-Mobile triband phone? Seems from the t-mobile
website that they do have a roaming arrangement in Argentina, but someone
from where I work told me that tri-band phones don't work there and that
they have their own system down there (the way the Japanese do).

Anyway, assistance would be appreciated. I have a Motorola V300 (locked), a
V60 unlocked, and also a Verizon CDMA (that worked well in Mexico). I'm
wondering what to bring with me to Argentina. I've been told that,
notwithstanding the cheap hotel rates because of the strong dollar, they
charge a fortune for telephone calls in the hotels, so I want my mobile to
work.

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Steven M. Scharf - 06 Mar 2004 23:06 GMT

> Going to Buenos Aires (also may have a brief stop in Iguazu and in Colonia
> Uraguay) later this month. Can someone tell me whether you have had success
> with coverage with a T-Mobile triband phone? Seems from the t-mobile
> website that they do have a roaming arrangement in Argentina, but someone
> from where I work told me that tri-band phones don't work there and that
> they have their own system down there (the way the Japanese do).

Argentina has CDMA, GSM, and TDMA networks. No proprietary system. Make sure
that you get your account enabled for international roaming. Bring the
unlocked GSM phone too.

> Anyway, assistance would be appreciated. I have a Motorola V300 (locked), a
> V60 unlocked, and also a Verizon CDMA (that worked well in Mexico). I'm
> wondering what to bring with me to Argentina. I've been told that,
> notwithstanding the cheap hotel rates because of the strong dollar, they
> charge a fortune for telephone calls in the hotels, so I want my mobile to
> work.

Please see http://earthroam.com and
http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/argentina.html

Argentina has TDMA, CDMA, and GSM networks. Verizon does not support roaming
in Argentina, Sprint does. You might call Verizon to confirm this, since it
seems odd, but Verizon has no CDMA roaming in many countries with CDMA
networks.

Your best bet is probably to take along an unlocked GSM phone, and a TDMA
phone.

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Joseph - 07 Mar 2004 16:20 GMT

>Going to Buenos Aires (also may have a brief stop in Iguazu and in Colonia
>Uraguay) later this month. Can someone tell me whether you have had success
>with coverage with a T-Mobile triband phone? Seems from the t-mobile
>website that they do have a roaming arrangement in Argentina, but someone
>from where I work told me that tri-band phones don't work there and that
>they have their own system down there (the way the Japanese do).

Whoever told you this is 100% wrong. Argentina has five GSM networks.

http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_ar.shtml

>Anyway, assistance would be appreciated. I have a Motorola V300 (locked), a
>V60 unlocked, and also a Verizon CDMA (that worked well in Mexico). I'm
>wondering what to bring with me to Argentina.

I don't know that they even have CDMA service there.

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