I am creating a spread sheet to show what carriers the droid and milestone are compatible with. I dont think anyone has done anything like this yet. I am having a hard time finding what bands foreign carriers use because I only speak english. If anyone would like to contribute to the spread sheet or see any errors it would be really helpful so make a post.

Right now I am working on the following carriers 3G and GSM bands.
USA
AT&T
Verizon
T-Mobile

South America
Claro
TIM

Germany
O2
Vodaphone

And any other common carrier in a the countries the droid/milestone is released in.

Since I cant upload a .xlsx file I attached a picture of the spread sheet.
I also uploaded the spread sheet as a .doc file, to open it you will have to rename it to a .xlsx file.

I updated the picture but not the spreadsheet.

Thanks for this

Can we draw some conclusions from this spreadsheet for US carriers?

If the spreadsheet is correct, the Euro Milestone is supposed to support these frequencies:
GSM 1800
GSM 1900
GSM 850
GSM 900
WCDMA 2100
WCDMA 900

That would make it compatible with AT&T and T-Mobile in US (at 2g speed/gsm), and maybe with T-Mobile in US at 3g speed (?). Am I right?

Just about any phone will work with any network using GSM. The European milestone should get 3G with T-Mobile on the 2100 band, I may be wrong though. I have done more work with the spreadsheet and I will post the updated version.

Hey,

thanks for the List, BUT
the Milestone will be also aviable for these Providers, but
in Summer next Year:

Base/E+
T-Mobile

Just because it's not available yet to them doesn't mean they can't get one from another country and use it within the united states. I'm sure that if someone got a milestone and brought it to the US they could make it work on the T-Mob network.

That is basically what I am doing.

That's what i figured was going on, bad thing for the droid is really it's only compatible with verizon lol.

I'd almost rather have a milestone from Europe then the droid. But then again i also don't want T-Mob lol.

Yeah I need a phone that will work just about anywhere. Just have to wait until its come out in a 850/1900 3G band... I am so impatient that I am tempted to buy a 900/2100 3G phone but people are selling them for $800+, thats ridiculous, I would rather wait.

You remember what the first prices of jailbroken iphones where?

No, I never owned one and didnt care. I am hoping the exchange rate in Argentina will work in my favor and I can get it at a decent price. I am hoping the price will drop by the time its released in Argentina, the current rumor is it will be released sometime in the 2nd week of december.

Lol the first jailbroken iphone went for the price of the guys Mercedes.

How long did it take for the price to go down to about $600?

I can confirm the Milestone works perfectly with Vodafone Australia's network, and I can say that it'd also work on Optus' network (as they're pretty much identical).

Why? VZW is the only carrier worth a damn here in the US...

America's version (not only north America) of the milestone is 850/1900/2100 3G, and Quad GSM.

According to a press release from Telus (one of the carriers we have up here in Canada), the Milestone is set to be released in "early 2010" on our HSDPA+ network.

According to the Canadian page for the Milestone, it will work on the following frequencies:

GSM w/HSDPA, GSM 850/1900, HSUPA

This should be compatible with AT&T's 3G network, as well as all the major GSM providers here in Canada as well (Bell, Telus & Rogers).

I'm guessing these will come locked to Telus, but I'm sure there will be an unlock available.

I can't wait to get mine!

So if I am reading this correctly...I will be able to buy the Milestone and use the AT&T SIM card I have. Just that it wont be on the AT&T 3G network...correct? That would be fine with me, where I live the 3G network is practically non-existent anyways. Can anyone confirm this asap? I am looking towards buying one, and I found one at a great price.

Yes any milestone will work with any gsm carrier. The only troubles you will run into is 3G but since your not worried about that buy whatever you want. Make sure to buy an unlocked phone.
You can get a milestone on ebay for about $600. Just make sure you get the milestone and not the droid, some listers dont know what they are listing and list the droid as the "droid milestone" and its the CDMA version.

motorola milestone, Cell Phones Smartphones, Unlocked. Great deals on eBay!

Representing Australia!

Supported Australian Networks:
Optus (900, 2100)
Vodafone (900, 2100)
Virgin (900, 2100)
3 (Three) (2100)
TPG (900, 2100)
Telstra (850, 2100) ('NextG' only with the Canadian version, European version supports HSDPA only in built-up areas)