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Bodid
Joined: 10 May 2004
Location: didlin 'round
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 Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject: Will my Omani GSM work in Korea? |
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| Will my mobile phone that I'm using now in Oman work in Korea? It takes a sim card and time is credited by phone cards. What��s the process of getting a Korean sim card? Can I just buy one or is paperwork necessary? Is it possible to pre-pay as you go by phone cards or must I have a service and plan and bills? |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: Will my Omani GSM work in Korea? |
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| Bodid wrote: |
| Will my mobile phone that I'm using now in Oman work in Korea? It takes a sim card and time is credited by phone cards. What��s the process of getting a Korean sim card? Can I just buy one or is paperwork necessary? Is it possible to pre-pay as you go by phone cards or must I have a service and plan and bills? |
I don't believe they are on the same systems. If you want to live cheaply, you can get a used phone and a prepaid card. |
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keithinkorea
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 6:28 am Post subject: GSM doesn't work in Korea |
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| GSM will not work in Korea. Korea uses CDMA. You can buy a secondhand crappy card (payt) phone for as little as 60k with a load of credit on it. Dont bother with a GSM phone here it simply wont work they work in most countries but wont work here. |
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Bodid
Joined: 10 May 2004
Location: didlin 'round
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah, Keithinkorea, since you mention GSM, which my phone indeed is, maybe you can tell me what GSM stands for. I've never been able to get a sure answer out of anyone, british or omani. Also STD in India is another confusing acronym. |
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Bodid wrote: |
| Ah, Keithinkorea, since you mention GSM, which my phone indeed is, maybe you can tell me what GSM stands for. I've never been able to get a sure answer out of anyone, british or omani. Also STD in India is another confusing acronym. |
GSM=Global System for Mobile Communications
STD= ? (yeah I know the obvious one here, thanks anyway) Perhaps "Standard" or "Single-Trial Decoding"?? |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| lush72 wrote: |
GSM=Global System for Mobile Communications
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Not a good global system if it is not global?
When will we have a global system? |
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peppergirl
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| lush72 wrote: |
GSM=Global System for Mobile Communications
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Not a good global system if it is not global?
When will we have a global system? |
I think GSM is more widespread than CDMA.. And the nice thing of the GSM phones is that you can very easily switch operator using the same phone.. just get a new SIM card, pop it in and finished. With CDMA you need to get a new phone if you want to change operator. |
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