Quick frequency question about Wind/Mobilicity
 

Will Wind/Mobilicity phones purchased here work in Hong Kong? After unlocking of course.

No. Not if you want to use 3G anyways.

yes it will. Both 2g and 3g.

hk uses 2100 which both wind and mobilicity phones have


http://www.worldtimezone.com/gsm.html

Ok, now there are two different answers. I just know Wind/Mobilicity uses AWS 1700/2100.


Can someone knowledgeable chime in and confirm who is right?

You're probably only going to use it with GSM anyways.

Wrong. Mobilicity is AWS, which is primarily 1700 MHz. It can use a 2100 MHz frequency, but it is not the same as the IMT 2100 MHz band used elsewhere.

I'm pretty sure when an AWS, or any 3G phone for that matter, is referenced as HSDPA 2100, it is in referring to IMT 2100 and not just the down link part of AWS.

AWS is never referred to as 2100, even though it uses the frequency for dl.
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AWS is a UMTS Band IV frequency in which:

Tx/UL is 1700Mhz
Rx/DL is 2100Mhz

The Rx/DL is not to be confused with the existing 2100Mhz band used in Eurasia. Their UARFCN frequency values are not the same.

Hopefully things are a bit more clear for OP now... J_____ pretty much screwed it up :lol

And it's not, but when they say the Bold supports 2100/1700/900 MHz, what do you think the 2100 means?

Remember, the OP is explicitly asking about phones sold by WIND/Mobilicity.

Oops lol
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In that case, it probably means UMTS I. But that doesn't mean other phones have both 3G bands.

So to really answer your question...it depends on which phone you buy. Most will.

Is the service good in Vancouver?

wind is better than mobilicity for me. Mobilicity has crisper voice quality but wind has a wider coverage map and faster/more consistant data. Mobilicity's data rarely worked for me, i switched back to wind for that reason

Good voice quality =/= No data

The two cannot go hand in hand. Either bad voice quality and bad or no data or good voice quality and good data speeds. Access to the radio network is based upon your received signal code power (RSCP), signal-to-noise ratio (Ec/NO) and modulation.

All of the values above are independent of each other. If one is bad, all of them are typically bad, kind of like a domino effect.

Uh, what?

go to gsmarena.com

at the bottom of the navi, click on Phone Finder

check only the 1700mhz freq.. it will show all the phones ever made that runs on this freq.. then you can see if you have a phone to purchase over in HK..