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Old 01-22-19, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by djb
do read my comments on the other thread about going to the orange store, and their sim not working on my recent phone.
and do some research about the two types of systems, and hopefully find out which one your phone is and which one is used by diff french networks.
Hi djb. Very very unlikely that your misadventure had anything to do with a CDMA / GSM incompatibility. If your phone was recent, it almost certainly was capable of connecting to 4G/LTE networks that have superseded GSM (2G). Recent handsets support many bands.

If I had to guess, I'd venture that your provider in Canada is Videotron. They work on AWS and their spectrum is not compatible with the French networks (see here for a list of compatible bands). You'll see that UMTS B4 is used by Videotron and supported in Mexico. IIRC, Videotron has limited coverage in the USA for the very same reason.
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