Sprint Phone In Europe?

Is it possible to call a Sprint phone that is physically in Europe that
is setup with a US area code?

In article <gn3eu252afmfn2of6g1ehl5k6elk0aei94@4ax.com>, Pegleg wrote:
> Is it possible to call a Sprint phone that is physically in Europe that
> is setup with a US area code?

Yes, if the phone in question is a Sprint "international" phone that
runs on US CDMA and European GSM frequencies. Europe isn't CDMA - as
far as I know, it's all GSM.

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On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:21:09 -0500, Steven J. Sobol wrote
(in article <slrneue9u5.mhs.sjsobol@amethyst.justthe.net>):

> Subject: Re: Sprint Phone In Europe?
> From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
> Date: Thursday 2:21 PM
> Newsgroups: alt.cellular.sprintpcs
>
> In article <gn3eu252afmfn2of6g1ehl5k6elk0aei94@4ax.com>, Pegleg wrote:
>> Is it possible to call a Sprint phone that is physically in Europe that
>> is setup with a US area code?
>
> Yes, if the phone in question is a Sprint "international" phone that
> runs on US CDMA and European GSM frequencies. Europe isn't CDMA - as
> far as I know, it's all GSM.

That is correct. This was one of the reasons that I switched to Cingular. A
CDMA phone in europe is not much more than an expensive paperweight.

If you don't travel frequently Sprint will rent you a phone with GSM that you
can use on your trip. (Note: International roaming is quite expensive.)

A other alternative that a previous poster mentioned is that you can buy a
Sprint "International" phone that both a CDMA and a GSM radio in it. The
current line of international phones work fine. (They don't have anything
the really catches my eye.)