There are many companies but I am going to use as the example for costs. Since I travel extensively throughout the world and have found that AT&T service has the most coverage worldwide. There are four frequency bands in the world. 850, 900, 1800, 1900. USA and Mexico are on 1900. So whatever phone that you have make sure it has 1900. Here is a partial list of phones that will work in Mexico. I carry a
Unlocked phones mean that I did not buy them from a service provider and I can take that phone and use it with any GSM company because it is not proprietary to any one service. Many times I will go to a country and I know I will be there for awhile and I want a local phone number. I go buy a prepaid SIM Card at lets say in Mexico and pop that card in the back of the phone and now I have a local number that cost just cents per minute and people in that country don’t have to call to the USA to get me. I bought mine from Amazon.com.
FYI, there are ways to unlock phones that are locked. You can go to Unlock Codes for Mobile Phones to purchase the codes. Depending on the phone you might need to purchase a cable.
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Samsung V206 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Samsung X426 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Samsung e316 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Motorola A009 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Motorola C333 |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
Motorola MPx200 |
GSM/GPRS 1800/1900 |
Motorola P7382 |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
Motorola P7382 i |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
Motorola T193 |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
Motorola T720 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Motorola T721 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Motorola V180 |
GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 |
Motorola V220 |
GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 |
Motorola V505 |
GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 |
Motorola V600 |
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 |
palmOne Treo 600 |
GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 |
palmOne Tungsten |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Novatel G100 |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
Handspring Trio 270 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1900 |
Nokia 3100 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Nokia 3120 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Nokia 3200 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Nokia 3300 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Nokia 3590 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Nokia 3595 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Nokia 3595IM |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Nokia 3620 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Nokia 3650 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Nokia 6010 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Nokia 6200 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Nokia 6200IM |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1800/1900 |
Nokia 6310 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Nokia 6590 |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
Nokia 6590i |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
Nokia 6620 |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1800/1900 |
Nokia 6800 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Nokia 6820 |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1800/1900 |
Nokia 7210 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Nokia 8390 |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
Nokia D311 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Nokia N-Gage |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Nokia N-Gage QD |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Panasonic GU87 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
NEC 515 |
GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 |
NEC 525 |
GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 |
Siemens A56i |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Siemens C56 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Siemens C61 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Siemens M56 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Siemens S46 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1900;TDMA 850/1900 |
Siemens S56 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Siemens SL56 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Siemens SX56 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1900 |
Sony Ericsson GC75 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson GC82 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Sony Ericsson GC83 |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson P800 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson R520 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T226 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T306 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T316 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T39LX |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T616 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T62u |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900;TDMA 850/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T637 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T68 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T68i |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Sony Ericsson T68is |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Sierra Wireless Aircard 710 |
GPRS 1900 |
Sierra Wireless Aircard 750 |
GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
Sierra Wireless Aircard 775 |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 |
LG G4011 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
LG G4015 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
LG G4020 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1900 |
LG L1150 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 5810 |
GSM/GPRS 1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 6210 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 6280 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 6710 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 7210 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 7230 |
GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 7280 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 7290 |
GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 |
RIM BlackBerry 7780 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Audiovox PPC4100 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
Audiovox SMT 5600 |
GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900 |
PHONE PLANS FOR GSM (AT&T)
If you have an phone you will need to call them and let them know you are going to Mexico and they will add a monthly fee, which you can take off upon your return, of $4.99 per month and then your phone calls will be $0.69 per minute. Otherwise they will be $1.29 per minute. And yes, those will work for getting your E-mails in Cozumel.
** Rates may differ slightly depending upon if you were a former AT&T customer vs. a Cingular customer
When you get to Mexico you must register onto a network before you phone will work. On my the steps are:
The following is available services for GSM. Since has an agreement with , I will probably be choosing that one.
Iusacell |
Telcel (Radio Movil Dipsa) |
Telefonica Mexico (Movistar) |
Unefon |
Here's info on taken from their website.
" If you're a frequent visitor to Mexico , then you can save money with AT&T Wireless WorldConnect Mexico . For a low monthly fee of $4.99, the calls you make while traveling in Mexico cost only 69¢ per minute. The same GSM/GPRS phone that you use at home for all of your domestic calls can go with you as you travel to Mexico or our extensive list of available roaming countries. In addition to our lowest roaming rate in Mexico , you get our lowest rates when calling to international destinations from the AT&T Wireless owned and operated network in the U.S. , including Mexico ."
In addition to the great convenience of world coverage, you'll enjoy:
- Our lowest roaming rate in Mexico of 69¢ per minute Our lowest international dialing rates from the U.S. , including Mexico at 9¢ per minute
- Simple flat per-minute rates
- Low flat monthly fee ($4.99)
- Both voice and GPRS data roaming (where available)
- Convenient billing on your regular AT&T Wireless invoice
Where data service is available, rates are the same for all countries and are billed per kilobyte of data usage. The data plan you choose determines the rate. To learn more about data plans and using email and other data services internationally, see the website's International Data section. You can also call them toll free at 1 866-293-4634 or 611 from your wireless device to sign up and they say they''ll make sure you have everything you need.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE : How To Call
Mexican Cellular Phones from Outside Mexico.
Say the Mexican cellular number is something like this:
To call that number from usa you drop the and add the . So you would dial
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I hope that this information will help you with your cell phone decisions and if you have any questions or comments, you may EM me at lana@thecomputer.com |