WIRELESS COVERAGE
- 147 Countries!
Mobile telephone
services are available in nearly every country of the
world. Many third world countries are choosing
GSM technology as a way of linking their populations
at a cost that is far less expensive than conventional
hard wire methods. Most of the mobile telephone
systems also provide extensive coastal and off-shore
coverage. While it does not necessarily provide
100 percent coverage of every part of the coast, the
chances are excellent that you can obtain reliable
connections in most areas of interest.
TYPES
OF SERVICE ACCOUNTS:
Mobile service providers
offer various forms of service accounts. These generally
break down into two categories: Pre-Paid, and Billed
accounts.
GSM mobile telephones
use a SIM card (Subscriber Identification Module) that
controls the type of billing account and the telephone
number of the handheld telephone. Changing the card
changes the details of the way the phone works. That
makes the handset just a piece of hardware into which
you load software (the SIM card).
When you first set up
your DE500 system you will need to activate your mobile
phone by signing up with the local mobile telephone
service provider. They will supply the appropriate
SIM card which you insert into the GSM phone that is
connected to your DE500.
By loading a prepaid
SIM card into the GSM phone, you can receive all incoming
calls and are able to make outgoing calls up to the
limit of your prepaid card. These cards usually
do not work outside the country in which they are purchased.
But, they do allow for quick and easy connections
without waiting for your 'billed' account details to
be processed. Check with individual service providers
for details of their offerings.
Non-GSM phones have similar
features.
GSM SERVICE
PROVIDERS:
There are at least 147
countries and territories providing GSM mobile telephone
service. Below you will find links for each of these
to the www.gsmworld website which provides direct links
to each of over 400 different service providers. Many
of the service providers show coverage maps on their
websites and many provide various levels of service.
(One quick word about
types of mobile telephone service. First, let
me point out that in the United States these services
are normally called 'CELLULAR TELEPHONES', but in the
rest of the world the term 'MOBILE TELEPHONE' is more
common.)
Links
to the GSMworld
website
(opens a new browser page)
Albania
|
Gibraltar
|
Norway
|
Algeria
|
Greece
|
Oman, Sultanate
of |
American Samoa
|
Greenland
|
Pakistan
|
Andorra
|
Guernsey
|
Palestinian Authority
|
Antigua & Barbuda
|
Guinea
|
Papua New Guinea
|
Armenia, Republic
of |
Hong Kong
|
Paraguay
|
Australia
|
Hungary
|
Philippines
|
Austria
|
Iceland
|
Poland
|
Azerbaijan, Republic
of |
India
|
Portugal
|
Bahrain
|
Indonesia
|
Qatar
|
Bangladesh
|
Iran
|
Reunion (La)
|
Belarus, Republic
of |
Ireland
|
Romania
|
Belgium
|
Isle of Man
|
Russia
|
Benin
|
Israel
|
Rwanda, Republic
of |
Bolivia
|
Italy
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Bosnia Herzegovina
|
Jersey
|
Senegal
|
Botswana
|
Jordan
|
Seychelles
|
Brunei Darussalam
|
Kazakhstan
|
Sierra Leone
|
Bulgaria
|
Kenya
|
Singapore
|
Burkina Faso
|
Kuwait
|
Slovak Republic
|
Burundi
|
Kyrgyz Republic
|
Slovenia
|
Cambodia, Kingdom
of |
Lao
|
Somalia
|
Cameroon
|
Latvia
|
South Africa
|
Canada
|
Lebanon
|
Spain
|
Cape Verde
|
Lesotho
|
Sri Lanka
|
Central African
Republic |
Liberia
|
Sudan
|
Chad
|
Libya
|
Suriname
|
Chile
|
Liechtenstein
|
Swaziland
|
China, Peoples Republic
of |
Lithuania
|
Sweden
|
Congo
|
Luxembourg
|
Switzerland
|
Congo, Democratic
Republic of |
Macau
|
Syria
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
Macedonia, the former
Yugoslav Republic of |
Taiwan
|
Croatia
|
Madagascar
|
Tanzania
|
Cyprus
|
Malawi
|
Thailand
|
Czech Republic
|
Malaysia
|
Togo
|
Denmark
|
Maldives
|
Tunisia
|
Egypt
|
Mali
|
Turkey
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
Malta
|
Turkmenistan
|
Estonia
|
Mauritius
|
U.S.A.
|
Ethiopia
|
Moldova, Republic
of |
Uganda
|
Faroe Islands
|
Monaco
|
Ukraine
|
Fiji
|
Mongolia
|
United Arab Emirates
|
Finland
|
Morocco
|
United Kingdom
|
France
|
Mozambique
|
Uzbekistan
|
French Polynesia
|
Namibia
|
Venezuela
|
French West Indies
|
Nepal
|
Vietnam
|
Gabon, Republic
of |
Netherlands
|
Yugoslavia, Federal
Republic of |
Georgia
|
New Caledonia
|
Zambia
|
Germany
|
New Zealand
|
Zimbabwe
|
Ghana
|
Nigeria
|
|
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