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posted Dec 5th 2007 2:55PM
Interesting that you should mention Bolivia; one of the countries the phone won't work at all in thanks to the use of a 900/1800 radio. Much of South America, including Bolivia, uses GSM 850/1900. This is a "world" phone if you decide that much of Central and South America are not part of the world...
But it will work in Peru(CDMA), Brazil (CDMA & GSM), Venezuela (CDMA & GSM), French Guyana (GSM), Uruguay(GSM), and Suriname(GSM).
Argentina, Ecuador, and Bolivia are a no go though.. weird.
Ha, good point... I've chosen a decidedly more Z6c-friendly country this time around!
Chris
Argentina and Ecuador both have CDMA service.
If they do it's some frequency that VZW does not have. If you go to www.vzw.com/global you can find all the country that you can roam with CDMA and Argentina and Ecuador aren't listed.