Worth checking which bands Wind operates on - I'm not sure if standard GSM phones from Europe work on Wind's spectrum... but I can't remember offhand. I know Koodo is fine with most European phones (worked on my husband's HTC One S, but not on his Desire HD which didn't have the right banding capabilities).

Just something to verify!

Isn't Wind Canada part of Wind Italy?, I maybe incorrect but surely a european company operating in North America would have the right banding so customers from both markets could roam in both markets?

No idea - I know that some of them have had issues with particular phones not working on particular networks. It's more complex than just GSM vs CDMA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...hone_companies

How extensive is their coverage throughout Canada?

Well yes it depends on which gsm frequency s are used, but most modern smart phones use quad band radios for GSM. Normally what can cause an issue is CDMA networks as CDMA is primarily used in North America and Asia mainly but the Asian and North American CDMA band widths are poles apart.

I just figured it was worth pointing out to check which phone and which network. When I went home at Christmas, we got a SIM through Koodo because they operate on GSM. However, the GSM spectrum they use was not compatable with my HTC Desire HD, which is only a 2-year-old phone. We had to cut the SIM down and put it in an HTC One S, which was fine, and that phone is one year old.

Wind wouldn't work with either phone.

So I just thought it would be useful to flag up which company to go with... if it helps as well, though, if you bring your phone with you to the mall, usually the guys who work at the store use those carriers themselves, or have SIM cards available from that carrier and they'll let you test your phone with their network before you commit to them.

It's very good advice, I'm just surprised that wind don't use a bandwidth that can be used worldwide. Hey that's the Italians for you

Might have been Mobilicity now that I think about it but I don't remember 100%. THe consideration should be given in any case.

Yes sounds like good advice, I obliviously assumed too much regards modern tech and mobile networks

You could look at the phone manuals available on Wind to see if your phone is listed, I can't see that they would supply a phone that wouldn't work so I would presume if your phone is listed it should.

http://www.windmobile.ca/en/support/...nemanuals.aspx

The HTC 8S is listed as one they sell.

They state on their website that if you take a phone into their store they will check it for you to ascertain that it will work.

http://faqs.windmobile.ca/customer/p...ng-it-to-wind-

Edited to say, there is a list of AWS compatible phones here.

Cant see the iPhone listed , thanks for sharing siouxie

Depending which iPhone it may wel work - and that's probably one you can google quite easily. I *THINK* the iPhone5 is a quad, and wasn't the whole selling point that it's a "world phone" so should work on any network?

They may not have it listed as a phone they SELL, but it doesn't mean it's an exhaustive list of which phones work... just which ones they have available.

Best bet is to take your phone to a booth and have them test it out. (Honestly, even certain phone models have slightly different specs sometimes, particularly if they're sold in different countries!)

I have the 4s so not sure it will work, but worth a try as you say

WIND use the 1700 MHz frequency (also known as AWS). The iPhone 4S does not have 1700 MHz (AWS) frequency support.

The iPhone 4 has UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA support at the following frequencies: 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz.

http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/specs.html



Sorry,

They do support the iPhone 5 though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AWS_devices

Brilliant, love it. This is the kind of detail you have to get your head around - figuring out the specific frequencies that network uses, and then figuring out which frequencies your phone can run on.

Thanks a bunch!