rogers sim card in virgin mobile phone?

[ghettogal]

Can I put a rogers sim card into a virgin mobile cell phone? Will I be able to use the phone under rogers network? And also when ppl sell a sim card...i saw one on this forum for 7 bux..what does the sim card do? Is it a pay as you go sim card?

[IoannI]

Nope. Virgin Mobile is CDMA and Rogers is GSM network.

A subscriber identity module (a SIM Card) is a smart card which securely stores the key identifying a mobile phone service subscriber, as well as subscription information, preferences and text messages. The equivalent of a SIM in UMTS is a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM).

The SIM stores network state information such as its current location area identity (LAI). If the handset is turned off and back on again it will take data off the SIM and search for the LAI it was in.

This saves time by avoiding having to search the whole list of frequencies that the telephone normally would. Each SIM is uniquely identified by its ICCID

[felixmo]

virgin mobile uses cdma while rogers uses gsm

[CSR]

No

[ghettogal]

o...didn't know they were cdma i thought they were gsm...besides rogers what uses gsm? I believe fido is on gsm?? What about those cell you purchase from petro or 7-11? I wanted to get something like koodo or virgin but they're cdma...need gsm...thanks

like this thread..
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=634836&highlight=sim

why is he selling a sim? is it a pay as you go sim?

[Kwirky]

Fido, 7-11, Petro Canada are all using Rogers' GSM network. That guy is selling a SIM as Rogers sells them for about twice as much, it can be activated as PAYG or postpaid.

[Maedhros]

Unfortunately no.

From your name, you might just want to find a phone booth :D

[ghettogal]

wow..that was a low blow =P And thanks for supplying an answer that's already been given by previous posters, newbie.

[Maedhros]

Hey a newbies gota upgrade post count some way :lol:

[dieselpower]

In soviet Canada, Virgin Mobile runs on CDMAids.