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Old 09-14-2006, 04:44 PM   #1
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Quick cell phone question--about Unlocked GSM

My cell phone is on it's last, on life support if you will.

Anyways, I looking for a way to not deal with Cingular on a replacement.

I have been looking at some phones in various places, such as Email, Tigerdirect amoung a few places and I have some questions about the Unlocked GSM.

Here is my question,

If I buy a Unlocked GSM phone that uses a SIM card and it has the correct bands for my area, such as Quad band world phone, can I simply put my SIM card in it and use it with out having to call Cingular and having them activate it, since my SIM card is already active?
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Old 09-14-2006, 05:06 PM   #2
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HI

I am not familiar with how these things work in the states,

but yes you should be able to do that.


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