Service Providers

[nk_au]

Just out of curiousity ... what service providers are there for mobiles phones in your country?

In Australia, the main four are:

Optus
Telstra
Vodafone
Virgin Mobile

And your nation's?

[gophermaster]

Well I live in Australia, as you do, and I can't say that I have seen any other than what you have mentioned. Is there any others?

[nk_au]

Wait ... I think I saw ORANGE in Sydney. Is there? I know QLD doesn't have the company Orange

Oh, and the company "3" ... specializes in 3G Networks and Technologies

Right? "3" definitely exists in QLD. Orange doesn't

[gophermaster]

Oh yeah, I forgot all about Orange. Yeah we have that in NSW.

[tzeonn]

in singapore, we have

1)starhub
2)singtel
3)m1
4)virgin mobile, now gone.

all 3 haf both pre paid and contract plans, and all three got plans wif free incoming calls.

im on starhub :)

[ducklegsux]

XD i work in starhub =P

[Rose6600]

in Philippines there's:
GloBe TeleCom
Smart
Sun CellUlar

in US eastcoast there's:
T-MoBile
CingUlar Wireless
AT&T(I believe Cingular bought this for us$41Bil)
VeriZon
Virgin MobiLe
SpRint

I may have missed some. :D

[Musicb0ffin]

In the UK there is:

O2
T-Mobile
Orange
Vodafone
3

and Virgin, which is a virtual network using T-mobile

[evobit]

In NZ there's only one.

Vodafone.

or you can use telecom if you want a non-gsm phone.

[Pou_pee]

In Thailand, there're

AIS
D-TAC
Hutch
Orange
Thai Mobile

[opcmaroone15]

in Philippines there's:
GloBe TeleCom
Smart
Sun CellUlar

in US eastcoast there's:
T-MoBile
CingUlar Wireless
AT&T(I believe Cingular bought this for us$41Bil)
VeriZon
Virgin MobiLe
SpRint

I may have missed some. :D

yea u missed nextel and metro pcs<--- piece of shit never get it

[Rose6600]

yup i thought so. where's metro pcs? have not heard of that. is that in the west coast? :)

[ducklegsux]

so what telco's are there in Sultanate of Oman?

[tzeonn]

XD i work in starhub =P

i heard starhub employees got special fone plans and discounts for starhub services?

good for u then... any offers coming up..... hehehe :D

[ducklegsux]

benifits ain't superb,but i only part time so nothing kakakakakakak cause still doing my diploma

[RiisE]

-> tzeonn,

i on Starhub too, haha...., wait one more month for my Siemens SX1....

[tzeonn]

-> tzeonn,

i on Starhub too, haha...., wait one more month for my Siemens SX1....

cool, last time i use singtel de... actually, in terms of reception quality, singtel best, but too bad, the incoming call free singtel contract sucks.

@duckle u study wat poly? yr wat? my frend also starhub wan, his plan v good wan, but i forgot got wat... hehe.

[nk_au]

I'm on Optus Prepaid with my Nokia N-Gage.

Optus is part of the SingTel company. Wonder If I can come to Singapore and still use my Optus Prepaid tzeonn ... :-P

[ducklegsux]

cool, last time i use singtel de... actually, in terms of reception quality, singtel best, but too bad, the incoming call free singtel contract sucks.

@duckle u study wat poly? yr wat? my frend also starhub wan, his plan v good wan, but i forgot got wat... hehe.

i am now in temasek poly but going off in another 2 mths time muahahaha

[Bananaboss]

In Norway we have the following service providers:

*Telenor
*Netcom
*Sense
*You
*Teletopia
*Tele2
*ACN
*BS Mobil
*Chess
*Combitel
*Lyse Energi
*PGOne
*Symfonika

Pretty impressive for a country with 4 million people. But then again we got the second highest mobile density in the world...

[FunkyG]

In BELGIUM:


Proximus (http://www.proximus.be/) [> provider I use]
Mobistar (http://www.mobistar.be/)
Base (http://www.base.be/) (previous Orange)


Small country, few providers ;)
All websites are available in English/Dutch/French

[kaynine]

in UAE we have one: etisalat

where im from (syria) we have two: syriatel and spacetelsyria

[tzeonn]

@nk_au i dun tink so... unless it has roaming...

erm... anyone from china? i wonder how many service providers there are in a densely populated place like china...

[nk_au]

erm... anyone from china? i wonder how many service providers there are in a densely populated place like china...

Well ... I know one company called "China Telecom". Not sure if there are anymore. I went to China to visit friends, and bought a Prepaid Pack :D

[flin898]

there are only 2 GSM provider in China.
1. China Mobile(Used to be China Telecom, now they are seperate companies)
2. China Unicom


3. China Telecom(Use phs technology, for local roaming only,poor reception)