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A good friend of mine is going to study abroad in Cairo next year for a semester and wants to get ...

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    A good friend of mine is going to study abroad in Cairo next year for a semester and wants to get a cell phone to call home and use around Cairo and perhaps the rest of Egypt as well. What are his options and what would you guys suggest?
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    Judging from GSMWorld.com, it looks like he has a choice between Vodafone Egypt and ECMS-MobilNil. He should get a GSM 900 phone and if he needs a model that works back home too, then a triband phone would do the trick. If he's going to make lots of calls, then getting an Egyptian prepaid SIM would be a good idea, I just don't know if incoming calls are free like here in Europe.

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    does it cost alot with Vodaphone when you are out in areas like Egypt??
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    It depends on where you go and if you have the chance to use a Vodafone network in the country you're going to. Looking at Vodafone's Roaming site, I would say that choosing a Vodafone network abroad is cheaper than roaming on a non-Vodafone network in a country where you have a choice.

    Here is the different cost charts:

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    And Vodafone's Int'l Roaming Site:

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    Wonder if this will be the price when Verizonicon gets their CDMA/GSM phones out soon??
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