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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 10:31 am
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pdhenry
 
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Originally Posted by dcpremex
Verizon has announced that it will have phones that operates on both GSM and CDMA so you can you it in the US on their network and internationally also.
How would that work?

Seems to me that a SIM wouldn't be needed for the CDMA functions, so you'd have to get a SIM from Verizon (you can bet it will be SIM-locked to some Verizon-affiliated GSM partner) before you can use the phone overseas. Then you'd need to register call forwarding from the CDMA side to the SIM side (different network interface, different number?)...

For a domestic GSM carrier, the most it takes is a phone call to activate worldwide roaming and you're done.
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