i have recently come into possession with a i760 motorola phone that had nextel on it. can i use that phone for my cingular account, or will i need to but a phone from cingular?
2006-10-02 10:01:11 · 6 answers · asked by Redneck16 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
No, Cingular and Nextel handsets use two different network technologies. Cingular uses GSM technology, and Nextel handsets have a proprietary iDEN network technology. I have the same problem - personal phones are on Nextel, work issues me a Cingular phone.
2006-10-02 10:03:17 · answer #1 · answered by Timothy W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-08 18:52:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry nope. Cingular uses GSM service while Nextel uses iDEN. It's apple and oranges. The phone are unable to communicate with the different carriers towers.
2006-10-02 10:03:34 · answer #3 · answered by BIGreub 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to. Turn the phone into Nextel I'm sure the owner is looking for it.
2006-10-02 15:41:10 · answer #4 · answered by Dorkboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...Nextel service sucks anyway.
2006-10-02 10:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by It'sMe23 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the technology is different
2006-10-02 10:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by mamatohaley+1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋