What to look for while buying a 3G Phones for India

All the careers across the globe work on various 3G frequencies, and to be compatible with the 3G careers in India one must ensure that the phone you are buying supports correct frequencies. For India any phone which supports 3G band 2100 will work with all careers. Below are the details for more inquisitive minds.

From wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands

Operating Band	Frequency Band	Common Name	ULFrequenciesUE transmit (MHz)	DLFrequencies UE receive (MHz)
I	2100	IMT	1920–1980	2110–2170

3G Uplink frequency of Indian careers are here:

http://trak.in/tags/business/2010/05/19/3g-auction-update-spectrum-winners/

All the uplink frequency are in 1959-1979 range which falls under 2100 band UL freq. Hence any mobile which supports 2100 band will work in India. In US most of the phones in AT&T and TMobile support this. However one must ensure that this is a supported band in case you are trying to buy a phone for India. A good place to look at the detailed phone specification is http://www.gsmarena.com, and look for the supported HSDPA/UMTS bands.

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