In short, no. WCDMA is designed to enhance GSM networks, even though it's technology is similar to CDMA, it uses different language.
There are two types of cell phone networks, GSM and CDMA. As long as the network you are trying to move your unlocked phone to is compatible then yes it will work. In most cases a GSM phone will not work on a CDMA network and vise versa, however, some careers (such as Verizon) have support signals for GSM phones. There is no support for CDMA phones on a GSM network at this time. So for overall versatility, GSM phones are better.
AnswerYES !!! GSM Phones, CDMA Phones will work in India
a phone with these two facility can work in GSM with sim card and can work without sim card in cdma mode
There is no such thing as a CDMA SIM card.CDMA is a technology which doesnt use SIM cards.And WCDMA is evolved from gsm and uses SIM cards for 3g.
GSM is a cellular network and mobile phones connect to it by finding other GSM phone in the area. These phones are spread across 212 countries and territories and work whereever there is another GSM phone in the vicinity. The coverage area of each phone is also dependent on the cell size.
The phones cellular radio would have to be compatible with the network you wanted to use it with, plus unlocked so that you can connect it to what ever network it's compatible with. T-Mobile uses GSM 850/1900 and UMTS/WCDMA 1700/2100 A quick google search resulted in this: Other cools specs the NEC 931N Slider features is the 1Seg TV tuner and GPS function. There is also Bluetooth Connectivity, Infrared Connectivity, WiFi connectivity, supports microSDHC cards and WCDMA and GSM networks. It might work, but you'd have to check the frequency range the radio operates in. GSM is just a transmission standard and can operate on any radio frequency.
You cannot use a WCDMA phone on a CDMA network. Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), despite its name, is different from and not part of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks. WCDMA is one type of 3G technology and is an extension of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks.
3G phones are enabled with the ability to connect to the 3G network. It is a high speed cellular network.
Yes they do.
Hiphones run on GSM technology, which is not compatible with the technology used by Boostmobile. So those phones would not work on Boostmobile. Hiphones would only work on GSM carriers.
Boost mobile sim cards will only work with boost mobile on the nextel network nextel is a iden network standalone that will not roam on gsm networks because nextel is a iden network