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Alright I am currently with WIND mobile in Canada, And I find their blackberries to be atrocious. I have a blackberry bold 9000 in white.... and its an unlocked rogers phone.

Is there anyway possible I can use my wind simcard, switch to the bb plan and have my wind plan work on my unlocked blackberry bold? I heard something about not being compatible but I want the truth.... Something about the network must be compatible with 1700.. I dont know no idea...

Please help!!!! Is there anything I can do?

[Reed McLay]

Wind Mobile provides UMTS wireless services with HSPA for data, using its license on the UMTS IV frequency band, also known as Advanced Wireless Services (AWS). Using this band, user equipment transmits at 1710–1755 MHz, and receives at 2110–2155 MHz.

Wind Mobile is the first Canadian wireless service provider to make use of the AWS spectrum for its network. In North America, T-Mobile USA is the largest provider to use this spectrum. Wind's use of AWS requires that customers use an AWS-capable handset, which are less common than band II and III handsets, which predate band IV by more than 10 years.

Since Wind's launch in Canada, other service providers have begun operations using AWS. As of 2010[update], this includes Mobilicity and Vid�otron.

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BlackBerry Bold 9000:
Tri-band 3G HSDPA networks: 2100MHz/1900MHz/850MHz
Quad-band GSM�/GPRS/EDGE networks: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
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If you have the Bold handy, it will be simple enough to test. I suspect, it will fail.

Wind Mobile is in a precarious position right now. The courts have determined the Government was out of line over ruling the CRTC decision to allow them to operate in Canada without meeting the local ownership requirements.

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If you have the Bold handy, it will be simple enough to test. I suspect, it will fail.

Wind Mobile is in a precarious position right now. The courts have determined the Government was out of line over ruling the CRTC decision to allow them to operate in Canada without meeting the local ownership requirements.

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Lol no offense but can you break that down into simpler terms? So basically it won't work? Are there any other models of rogers unlocked I can use..?

[Reed McLay]

BlackBerry Bold 9700, 9780:
Tri-band 3G HSDPA networks: 2100MHz/1900MHz/850MHz
Tri-band UMTS networks: 2100/1900/850/800 MHz and 2100/1700/900 MHz
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
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The Bold 9700, 9780, Torch 9800 and Pearl 9100 support the UMTS network.

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The Bold 9700, 9780, Torch 9800 and Pearl 9100 support the UMTS network.

So it is compatible with wind, is what you are TRYING to tell me? :?

[Reed McLay]

I have a blackberry bold 9000 ...

WIND Mobile | Shop | Phones

Wind Mobile offers 4 BlackBerry models, but it does not include the Bold 9000.

[CARLiTO_]

The Bold 9000 will not work with Wind/Mobilicity. The 9700, 9780 will work but there are different versions of the phone. You need one that supports 2100/1700/900. The Rogers/Bell version does not support these bands, they are 2100, 1900, 850, 800. You can get a T-mobile BB 9700 phone from the US and it will work with Wind or Mobiicity once it's unlocked.

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