European mobile phones in Oz
 

Hi,

Do you know if our european mobiles, generally bi-band, can work in Oz, or do we have to bring tri-band mobiles ?

Cheers,
Myriam

Re: European mobile phones in Oz
 

Myriam

There are loads of threads on the site already for this. If you search the forum for 'GSM' or 'Mobile' you will find all the answers you need.

Cheers

:)

Re: European mobile phones in Oz
 

Myriam, the quick answer is yes they will work, but some may have to be unblocked if they are network specific, in the UK this can be done for £10 or less.

Paul

Re: European mobile phones in Oz
 

Hi Myriam,

I took my Vodafone Nokia to Sydney earlier in the year and had no
problems. I did have to let Vodafone know that I was going to Oz, so
they could 'switch me on' for overseas use.

You shouldn't have any probs, but check with your service provider.

Have a great time in OZ!

Karen

Re: European mobile phones in Oz
 

    >On 22 Oct 2002 14:09:49 -0700, [email protected] (Karen) wrote:
    >Hi Myriam,
    >I took my Vodafone Nokia to Sydney earlier in the year and had no
    >problems. I did have to let Vodafone know that I was going to Oz, so
    >they could 'switch me on' for overseas use.

'Roaming' as you describe can be very expensive, even if you used
Vodafone Australia. You should get an Australian SIM card.

    >You shouldn't have any probs, but check with your service provider.

Most phones sold in the last few years in the UK are 'dual band' and
hence will work in Australia. Single band phones may not work if
they've been sold for the Orange, One 2 One (incl Virgin) networks.

You should get the special 'unlock' code from your manufacturer or
network. This allows you to put a SIM card from a different network
into the phone, and is a lot easier to sort out while still in the UK.


Some networks may charge for this, it depends on whether there was a
subsidy included when you bought the phone and how long you've owned
it for.

Jeremy

Re: European mobile phones in Oz
 

I bought my phone in Germany, was connected to D2, got it unlocked by the provider, took it home used it with an orange sim card. Bought my son a phone who was connected to Orange, got it unlocked we are both in Aus with an Optus sim card no problems at all :)

My sons was a Nokia and mine a Siemans :)

Very expensive to use roaming as Jeremy says as to make a phone call it will go via UK back to Aus and if someone calls you, they will pay the price of a call to the UK mobile number, and you will pay the price of UK to Aus on a mobile VERY PRICEY INDEED!!!!

Yvonne :D