Title: Using Verizon in Europe - Fodor's Travel Talk Forums
Headings: Using Verizon in Europe
Using Verizon in Europe
Content: The days of gsm vs. cdma are long past. Almost all modern smart phones use 3rd and 4th generation technologies as well as the old 2g (which is where the difference between gsm and cdma started and one of the reasons for a while verizon and sprint phones )incompatible with European networks. Many today have provisins to insert Europpean sim cards in addition to the naitive technology used in the USA for these phones. Several have pointed out the settings issue. Maybe or maybe not. Another possibility, I am just suggesting not saying this is what happened, is many do not understand how to make calls and send texts when roaming on European networks. Did yur phones register on French networks? If so you would have seen the name of the roaming partner (SFR or Orange F or Bouygss) displayed. Then to actually send a text or make a call to the United States while roaming, you dial 00 (the international code) 1 (the country code fot both the USA and Canada and some Caribean countries) area code number. Or instead of 00, you insert the + sign so + 1 212 555 1212 say for NYC information.