bridonca said:

Getting a European model is usually a very bad idea, because manufacturers have been known to make 2 versions of the same UMTS/HSPSA phone, a European and a North American version. You got the wrong version, sadly.

before laying this to rest there are a couple of other thoughts that came to mind:

first, can the european phone be reformatted and programmed to work as a north american version...

and, what about installing the latest available update from nokia, might this be a way of over writing the european program...

as always input would be greatly appreciated

thank you for clearing things up for me....

Bell/Telus/Virgin only do UMTS/HSPSA at the 850 mhz or 1900 mhz frequency. Getting a European model is usually a very bad idea, because manufacturers have been known to make 2 versions of the same UMTS/HSPSA phone, a European and a North American version. You got the wrong version, sadly.

bridonca said:

Your problem is that your rogers phone is locked, and until you unlock it, it will not work with Bell sims.

should have given more information: the phone referred to is not a roger's but a phone purchased and used in Thailand...

we also purchased a second nokia 2730 just upon leaving so it's a virgin in that it did not receive any sim cards...

so, would a bell sim card work in the virgin phone...

and how would i go about unlocking the other phone which had a True International calling sim card (assuming it would then work on the bell system)...

thanks for your response/consideration...

The Nokia 2730 does the required UMTS/HSPSA frequencies as well as GSM. Your problem is that your rogers phone is locked, and until you unlock it, it will not work with Bell sims.

The source cc sells a bell 2730 for $50. maybe that is an option.

Rogers has their own towers for the most part. Even when they share a tower, they use their own gear. Rogers and Bell have a partnership with their wimax network though. Telus and Bell share gear and towers. Bell supplies the east. Telus supplies the west.

bridonca said:

Nothing you can do. Bell/Virgin/Telus do not support any GSM phones at all, only UMTS/HSPSA phones that work at the 850 mhz or 1900 mhz frequency.

hi bridonca,

how come a bell sim card works in a bell nokia 2730 classic and not mine...

is there anything that can be done to change this...

thanks in advance for your suggestions/response...

cheers