Next G phones work on GSM simm card?

Correct!

Mike, how can I get in touch with you for a project I would like made by someone such as yourself?

My email is dieseldrifter at bigpond dot com if you have any inclination to help me. I do not expect to get any job done for free so don't think I am a freeloader, I just need a specific person for this task and I think you may fit the bill???

Thanks in advance,
Trevor.

So....you can get a Next G handset with next G sim, use the over priced next G service when you have to IE rural settings, BUT when in the metro area drop in any old GSM sim you like IE optus pre-paid.....providing the handset is not locked to Telstra

Correct???

Cheers Stefan

I'm not sure, but I know that a Next G SIM will work in a GSM phone, you can only assume that the reverse would also be possible.

Kev - Is she only getting reception in GSM areas?


Motherhen

That's right only in the GSM areas.

Cheers Kev

Oldplodder,
Yes technically you can do this but why?
Sounds overcomplicated to me.
Why don't you just get a NextG handset with a NextG sim card?
Costs the same as a GSM card but you won't have to stuff around swapping sim cards or remembering which number is currently on the handset. Plus you wont have to pay extra for the prepaid.
If your are one of these people who only wants a phone to make calls then do what I did with my wife's NextG number. I rang Telstra and told them to bar it to the internet. They advised I won't be able to send MMS messages of watch Foxtel, I said so what and now have a NextG phone that only does phone calls & SMS's.
from Marty.

Marty,

Some explanation is required.
We (family and family business) have 3 CDMA phones through Itel, a local provider based in Ipswich, and have been using them for over 10 years and very happy with them. Good service and the rates are about half of Telstras for similar level of usage. They are Tesltra wholesalers, and bulk buy access off Telstra for GSM, CDMA, Internet access and land line access. Telstra has stuffed them up and will not release Next G to them to onsell. Fair enough, a business decision on the part of Telstra which I don't understand but will respect.

Now I have discovered that my Itel GSM cards (another 2 phones in the family/business) will work in Telstra locked phones. Itel have them issued through Telstra in some way. I would like to stick to Itel, so I am thinking of staying with Itel where I can. That is my business decision which I assume Telstra would respect.

We only need the CDMA coverage ocassionally when travelling for business or pleasure in country areas, so am planning to switch to mainly GSM for 80% of our use where it works, and use a Next G phone for the rest, most probably with a prepaid card a few times a year when on the road, and using the GSM card the rest of the time through Itel. We normally travel with two phones in the car, so won't be swapping simm cards on the road. What we save using Itel GSM (over 5 phones) will pay for the extra cost of the Next G handset in less than 6 months.

Thanks for the reply John.
Good to see you have a Telco you are happy with.
from Marty.