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N.B.: Outgoing roaming calls from these countries are not charged UK VAT
 

Canada
Network (with website link)	Displayed Codes	Coverage (with appropriate link)	EFR
Fido GSM1900	302-37	Most major cities, towns and highways.	Yes
Chile
Network (with website link)	Displayed Codes	Coverage (with appropriate link)	EFR
Entel PCS GSM1900	730-01	Most major towns	Yes
Dominican Republic
Network (with website link)	Displayed Codes	Coverage (with appropriate link)	EFR
Orange GSM1900	???-??	Coverage	Yes
United States of America
Network (with website link)	Displayed Codes	Coverage (with appropriate link)	EFR
Voicestream (was Aerial) GSM1900	310-31	Florida: Orlando, Tampa	-
	310-31	Minnesota: Duluth, Hibbing, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Virginia	-
	310-31	Missouri: Kansas City	-
	310-31	Ohio: Columbus	-
	310-31	Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh	-
	310-31	Texas: Houston and Dallas	-
	310-31	Wisconsin: Superior	-
Voicestream (was Sprint APC) GSM1900	310-02	District of Columbia: Washington	-
	310-02	Maryland: Baltimore	-
Cingular (was BellSouth Mobility DCS) GSM1900	310-15	Florida: Northwest Florida	-
	310-15	Georgia: Augusta, Savannah	-
	310-15	North Carolina: Asheville, Burlington, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Hickory, High Point, Gastonia, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem	-
	310-15	South Carolina: Anderson, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg	-
	310-15	Tennessee: Bristol, Johnson City, Kingsport, Knoxville	-
Voicestream (was Omnipoint) GSM1900	310-16	Connecticut: major population areas and connecting highways	-
	310-16	Florida: South East Florida, inc. Miami	-
	310-16	Massachusetts: Boston	-
	310-16	Michigan: Great Lakes Region including Detroit, Flint, Lansing	-
	310-16	New Hampshire: Manchester	-
	310-16	New Jersey: Atlantic City	-
	310-16	New York State: Albany, New York, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy	-
	310-16	Pennsylvania: Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	-
	310-16	Rhode Island: Providence	-
Cingular (was Pacific Bell) GSM1900	310-17	California: Bakersfield, Central Valley, Los Angeles, Modesto, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco	Yes
	310-17	Nevada: Reno, Tahoe, Las Vegas	Yes
Voicestream (was Powertel) GSM1900	310-27	Alabama: Anniston, Auburn, Birmingham, Dothan, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Lanett, Montgomery, Muscle Shoals, Opelika, Tuscaloosa, Valley	-
	310-27	Florida: Gainesville, Jacksonville, Panama City, Tallahassee	-
	310-27	Georgia: Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah, Warner Robins, West Point	-
	310-27	Kentucky: Bowling Green, Frankfort, Louisville, Lexington	-
	310-27	Memphis: Nashville	-
	310-27	Mississippi: Jackson,Tupelo	-
	310-27	South Carolina: Aiken	-
	310-27	Tennessee: Chattanooga, Jackson	-
Voicestream GSM1900	-	Arizona: Phoenix, Tucson	-
	310-26	Colorado: Denver, Breckenridge, Fort Collins, Greeley	-
	310-25	Hawaii: Honolulu	-
	-	Idaho: Boise	-
	310-21	Iowa: Des Moines	-
	-	Kansas: Wichita	-
	310-24	New Mexico: Albuquerque, Las Cruces	-
	310-22	Oklahoma: Oklahoma City, Tulsa	-
	310-20	Oregon: Portland	-
	-	Texas: El Paso	-
	310-23	Utah: Salt Lake City	-
	-	Washington: Washington, Spokane, Vancouver	-

• USA: (listings of operator and states covered with main cities listed and network codes where possible - for complete and up-to-date info refer to the homepage of the network)

• planned roaming partners:

• Pacific Bell Mobile Services(Nevada Bell Mobile Services)
• Nevada: Tahoe, Reno, Las Vegas

• Coming later in 1999 or 2000:

• Airadigm Communications Inc.
• Wisconsin: Appleton-Fox Cities, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Madison, Manitowoc, Oshkosh, Sheboygan
• DIGIPH PCS
• Alabama: Mobile; Mississippi: Biloxi, Hattiesburg
• Iowa Wireless
• Iowa: Cedar Rapids, Iowa City
• NPI Wireless Inc.
• Michigan: Traverse City
• Southeast Telephone Ltd.
• Kentucky: Pikeville; West Virginia: Williamson
• Third Kentucky Cellular Corp.
• Kentucky: Corbin, London, Williamsburg
• Wireless Alliance LLC/Unicel PCS
• Minnesota: Duluth, Moorhead, Virginia-Hibbing; North Dakota.: Fargo; Wisconsin: Superior

• Other areas to be covered by GSM1900 networks will include:
• Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washingon, Wisconsin, Wyoming
• South America:
• The following countries should have at least one GSM service in 2001 or 2002
• Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Paraguay and Venezuala (GSM900)
• Caribbean:
• The following countries should have at least one GSM service in 2000 or 2001
• Antigua & Barbuda, Jamaica and Puerto Rico

More Information:

Is available from the North American GSM Alliance:

• +1-877-CALL-GSM (toll-free in North America)
• +1-610-317-7726 (from outwith North America)

You can either buy or rent a GSM 1900 phone, for use solely when in the USA or Canada or buy or upgrade to the new tri-band Motorola L7089 - the World's first tri-band handset. By using your Orange SIM card in a standard GSM-1900 handset, Orange users will be able to roam in many key locations in North America.

Where can I hire a GSM1900 phone without a SIM card?

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