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wgjr2000 · 09-12-2004, 6:03 PM

Will South Korea and Japan have GSM coverage in the near future including CDMA2000 & 3G?

twopiece · 09-13-2004, 10:22 AM

South Korea is currently testing EV-DV for a fall upgrade. As for GSM I believe the numbers are small for both countries, for South Korea it's something like 80% CDMA 20% GSM.

ShoresGuy · 09-13-2004, 11:49 AM

Japan already has 3G/UMTS service but it is quite a bit ahead of what we understand by 3G in Europe and now in the US. Since the European 3G/UMTS networks use the same frequency as the Japanese 3G networks (one compatible provider supposedly is Vodafone Japan using 2100 Mhz), you can use a European UMTS phone in Japan. The US 3G/UMTS network runs at 1900 Mhz for now so it wouldn't be compatible.

I hope I answered your question, if not, then it's worth the try anyway

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Bugwart · 09-16-2004, 9:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twopiece

South Korea is currently testing EV-DV for a fall upgrade. As for GSM I believe the numbers are small for both countries, for South Korea it's something like 80% CDMA 20% GSM.

Two Piece,

The ROK has 0% GSM, same as Japan. Neither country has wireless service of any kind on the EuroAsian GSM frequencies (900/1800). If you include 800 MHz as a GSM frequency (850 in the Americas for GSM), then both have it but the service is 100% CDMA 1xRTT/EV-DO in Korea and PDC, and CDMA 1xRTT/EV-DO in Japan.

Both countires do have wCDMA service. Japan, in fact, has the most wCDMA subs of any country. Korea has wCDMA, but very few subs since itwas launched in late 2003.

twopiece · 09-20-2004, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bugwart

Two Piece,

The ROK has 0% GSM, same as Japan. Neither country has wireless service of any kind on the EuroAsian GSM frequencies (900/1800). If you include 800 MHz as a GSM frequency (850 in the Americas for GSM), then both have it but the service is 100% CDMA 1xRTT/EV-DO in Korea and PDC, and CDMA 1xRTT/EV-DO in Japan.

Both countires do have wCDMA service. Japan, in fact, has the most wCDMA subs of any country. Korea has wCDMA, but very few subs since itwas launched in late 2003.

Good that you cleared it up. Someone had told me that Korea had GSM but it was so miniscule that it wasn't even worth getting.

With Japan, I knew that they were CDMA but the wireless carriers lock their phones so that they can't be used anywhere. I tried getting one from Japan two years ago and was told that it wouldn't work when I visited Akihabara.

jones · 09-20-2004, 2:25 PM

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Originally Posted by wgjr2000

Will South Korea and Japan have GSM coverage in the near future including CDMA2000 & 3G?

Korea will be building GSM for International Roaming.

ShoresGuy · 09-22-2004, 5:04 AM

Wow regular GSM at 900/1800? My guess is that they will overlay their current towers with the needed GSM equipment.

Where did you find this info?

Bugwart · 10-04-2004, 7:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jones

Korea will be building GSM for International Roaming.

I think that you are confusing the rental CDMA2000 phones that accept SIM cards with having an operating GSM network. S. Korea does not have the 900/1800 MHz spectrum available.

SK Telecom, LGT and KTF offer rental GSM phones for outbound roaming. There are also dualmode handsets from LG and Samsung that work on either wCDMA or CDMA2000.

ZaphodB · 10-08-2004, 4:49 PM

There is no GSM in South Korea... and Bugwart is right, South Korea uses the 800 and 1700 MHz bands, CDMA only.

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