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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > Question About Russian Cell Phone Frequencies Author Post Neonred Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/28/2004 8:56:43 PM   Does anyone know about the GSM cell phone frequencies in Russia? Especially Moscow and Rostov on Don. I specifically need to know how prevelant 1800mhz is. My international cell phone does not have 900mhz which apparently used to be the primary frequency, but I understand many areas have expanded now using 1800mhz. The only information I have found is several years old and out of date. I hope to be able to use my unlocked GSM phone with a Russian SIM card. Perhaps I will need to buy a cheap 900/1800mhz phone just to use there. Thanks for any info. olegnay Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/28/2004 11:10:11 PM   yes you need to buy Russian band phone. at&t wireles (if you are in USA) international phones support 4 bands. we just tried one in Russia it works pefectly. idiotdetector Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/29/2004 3:35:10 AM   I have looked into this myself and my seach has found this. Most of eruope uses duel band. Some parts it is reqired to have tri band. America requires quad band so if you are comming from America, your phone will work everywhere as far as I can work out. VNVnation Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/29/2004 3:53:17 AM   Forgive my complete ignorance, but if you bring an American GSM phone and get a Russian SIM card, do you also get a Russian telephone number, or would people in Russia have to dial your American number to call you? I will need a phone on my trip to Russia next week and I am trying to figure out what to do. Thanks. Neonred Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/29/2004 6:38:57 AM   VNV Your American GSM phone MUST first be unlocked so that it will work with other carriers. Search the internet for information about unlocking your phone. When You arrive in Russia you buy a Russian SIM card which comes with a Russian phone number and usally some amount of minutes to use. After that you just buy more minutes to use with that SIM card. They also use different frequencies in Russia, 900 and 1800 mhz. My phone is a triband Nokia but it is 800/1800/1900. I'm hoping there is sufficient 1800mhz coverage for my needs. Ptichka Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/29/2004 7:15:53 AM   On cards here we don't buy minutes, we buy minutes when using cards for public phones, usually you just put some money on your account and you may use your phone number until you have money. When the money is over you just need to put some more money within some period of time and you will be able to use your phone number again, if you don't put the money onto your account during some period of time your phone number will be locked and you will need to buy another phine number. As for Ukraine we have here 2 main mobile operators, Kyivstar and UMC, as for Kyivstar "Ace&Base" you may use your phone number during 1 year since your last outgoing call. As for UMC "Sim-Sim" (if I'm correct, I'm not sure about this mobile operator) you can use your phone number only during some time. But there are sites of these operators, www.kyivstar.net and www.umc.com.ua , so if you will need more information you can visit them:) There are opportunities to read them in Ukrainian, Russian, and English. Buckeyeman Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/29/2004 11:47:01 AM   another option is to go to cellhire.com They rent phones for international trips. I rented one for my recent trip to Rostov, unfortunately I had problems with my card from my phone, but in theory, for about 100 bucks, you get two batteries, a phone , a holster, a charger and even a 110/220 converter. I will use them again next time I go, but just rent the whole thing, using their sim card, not mine. VNVnation Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/29/2004 2:16:06 PM   Great information everybody. Thank you very very much. Neonred Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/29/2004 8:47:00 PM   Buckeye, I have seen that site, but for $100 or a little more you can buy the phone, even one that will work here and there. Just need to add the SIM card. If my phone gives me problems, thats what I plan to do. Buckeyeman Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/30/2004 8:20:32 AM   Neon, true, but I use Nextel for business, etc. so buying the phone wasnt an option. I do see your point though Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/30/2004 2:05:16 PM   Neon, I would REALLY like to know which multiband-phone does NOT have the 900M capability. Put it bluntly, I think you're wrong! Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/30/2004 2:12:49 PM   Neon, read the lot now. 800 does not exist, it's a misprint in your manual I presume. And you say it's a Nokia, so of course it's 900m-compatible (above post is correct). Regarding 'unlocking' - this only is required when you buy a cheap handset as part of a contract bound to a specific supplier, but a good habit is to buy/insist on an 'open' phone. 'Cracking' the phone instead of buying (off your provider!) may not be so easy, and taking out a roaming is often cheaper. Regarding chargers, they are all auto-switchers these days (no transformers anymore), and accept just about any supply voltage. Neonred Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/31/2004 1:41:24 AM   Thunderdome, My phone is a Nokia 6200. You are partially correct because the "800 mhz frequency commonly refered to is really 850 mhz. Unfortunately I live in the US where the few companies that use GSM (AT&T is mine) use the 850 and 1900 bands. This phone and almost ALL other triband Nokia's sold in the us are 850/1800/1900. NOT 900. NO MISS PRINT If you have any question about this I have Nokia's info sheets on the 3100 and 6200 here and would be glad to scan them and e-mail them to you. There are only a few Quad Band phones available here that include the 900 mhz band. Good luck getting an unlocked phone from any service provider here. I wish this phone was 900m compatible....but it's not. Neonred Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/31/2004 2:00:50 AM   Thunderdome Check out www.nokiausa.com Check out the 3100 or the 6200. Let me guess...you live in Australia or New Zealand? The Nokia 3100 (triband phone) for sale there is 900/1800/1900 unlike the 3100 for sale in the US. Now you REALLY DO know which multiband phones do not have 900m capability! Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/31/2004 6:06:33 AM   Neon, analogue hardly is gsm. Your FBI played a major role in the delay of the us-gsm roll-out, for the simple reason that tapping-into is nigh-impossible, this in contradiction to analogue. The protocol of the Switches has in fact been adapted for this purpose although it still is tricky to get 'in' - but possible. Not down under, the rest of the world used to use 900 mainly, but 1800 is quite common these days - also in the FSU. If your only wish is to speak/sms your handset should work no doubt, only the density/area covered might be less hence brace yourself for 'breaking up'. A local sim of course has a consequential 'local' number VNV, but if you really wish you could forward your calls to it. You'll find out this will be expensive, so I'd change my voicemail stating your new temporary number. Bear in mind though that in the FSU you also pay for incoming calls so topping-up will be necessary more frequently. Neon, stating you'll take out the contract/phone but you require an open phone for your travels abroad will either simply produce one or will be accompanied by the relevant code. Then again, depending on your traffic roaming is not really that expensive anymore these days, and as said 1800 will work. Ptichka Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/31/2004 7:40:39 AM   Thunderdome I'm sorry but you said "that in the FSU you also pay for incoming calls so topping-up will be necessary more frequently.". In Ukraine incoming calls are free of charge, you only pay for the outgoing calls you make and that's all. So please keep to the current situation, OK??:) I'm not sure how things are in Russia or in other countries of FSU, but I'm definite about things here in Ukraine:) Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/31/2004 9:31:25 AM   Ptich', weren't you the one vehemently stating that Ukraine was not even remotely connected to Russia, hmm? ;-)))))) 'Strue, one does pay for incoming calls there, although I believe it depends on contract and/or provider. Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/31/2004 9:33:17 AM   Ooo, I C, I said FSU.... meant Russia :) Ptichka Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/31/2004 9:35:13 AM   Thunderdome please be careful in what you say, when you said FSU, I was thinking that you were speaking about countries that formed USSR 14 years ago...so that led to misunderstanding. Again I repeat that I don't have the current situation about Russia but in Ukraine we don't pay for incoming calls. Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 7/31/2004 9:44:35 AM   USSR, CSIR, FSU, Soviet Union, Russia, my dear it's all the same..... to the one's not living there. The fact that you live in what is now an independant part of all that was does not really make a difference to the perception of the man on the street. And I sell newspapers, didn't I tell you? ;-) That also means I'll say anything I like, bet anything on that - chmok! Your Reply: Your name:   New Registration Password:   Forgot password?   refresh Code:   Russian brides > Main Forum > Question About Russian Cell Phone Frequencies
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