North Americans Cell Phones work in qatar?

fdcanada
By fdcanada

Hello Folks,

Please suggest what needs to be ensure before buying a cell phone in Canada to be sure it will work in Qatar? I think all phone works but i am not sure jsut want to confirm?

Please suggest,

By anonymous• 17 Aug 2008 01:31
anonymous

and be carefull...triband has two types:

(850\1800\1900)Mhz "which will never work here"

and (900\1800\1900) "which will work in Qatar"

By anonymous• 17 Aug 2008 01:22
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

for North America they use GSM with frequency bands(850\1900)mhz

Qatar GSM frequency band (900\1800)Mhz

so you have either to buy triband phone with frequencies(900\1800\1900)Mhz OR quad-band with (850\900\1800\1900)Mhz

By sendwishes• 16 Aug 2008 23:43
sendwishes

Just make sure phone should't be locked, other wise you need to unlock it before use in Qatar.

By MikaylasMom• 16 Aug 2008 23:35
MikaylasMom

Get a tri band or quad band phone. Those will work here, they are GSM.

By the-birdie• 16 Aug 2008 23:16
the-birdie

I am not sure

But I understand in GCC countries the system here is GSM fones, while North America it may be CDMA.

Better you purchase one with GSM connections

By anonymous• 16 Aug 2008 23:02
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

Sure they will work in Qatar too

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