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== Switzerland ==
 
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* [http://www.swisscom-mobile.ch/ Swisscom Mobile] (excluded virutal [http://www.m-budget-mobile.ch/ Migros Budget Mobile])
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* [http://www.swisscom-mobile.ch/ Swisscom Mobile] (excluding virtual [http://www.m-budget-mobile.ch/ Migros Budget Mobile])
 
* [http://www.sunrise.ch/ Sunrise](including virtual [http://www.yallo.ch/ yallo])
 
* [http://www.sunrise.ch/ Sunrise](including virtual [http://www.yallo.ch/ yallo])
 
* [http://www.orange.ch/ Orange]
 
* [http://www.orange.ch/ Orange]

Revision as of 19:57, 1 November 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.

Argentina

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Canada

China

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

Virtual Operators:

  • Onecall (Netcom and Network Norway)

Panamá

Poland

Portugal

Romania

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

Russia

global

regional

Singapore

Slovak Republic

All:

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Operators with their own physical networks:

Virtual Operators:

Switzerland

(near to all)

Taiwan

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

Ukraine

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

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

Uruguay


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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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.

Argentina

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Canada

China

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

Virtual Operators:

  • Onecall (Netcom and Network Norway)

Panamá

Poland

Portugal

Romania

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

Russia

global

regional

Singapore

Slovak Republic

All:

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Operators with their own physical networks:

Virtual Operators:

Switzerland

(near to all)

Taiwan

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

Ukraine

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

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

Uruguay


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)