[Leica] OT: Sim Chip in Europe

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

Mobile phones have radios in them, and those radios use certain 
frequencies. It is not guaranteed that a phone configured for T-Mobile 
use in the USA will be able to communicate with European cell towers. If 
it can't talk to the cell tower, then the SIM won't matter. I shopped 
carefully to find a 4-band phone to maximize the chances that my phone 
would work in other countries.

See https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4988

I recommend that he get comfortable with using WiFi, which is available 
in many public places in the countries you have named.



> Hi all,
> 
> My son is travelling across Europe - he is in Germany today heading off 
> to
> Austria and Italy in the next few days -  but is unable to get data on 
> his
> iPhone  or iPad with US T-mobile sims cards installed. We have an
> international  roaming plan but it is not working  and T-mobile USA is  
> not
> too helpful.
> 
> I've suggested that he should pick up a European Sim chip to  get data 
> on
> his iPad. He says that tied multiple mobile phone stores but could not 
> find
> data sim chips in Europe, only hot spots packages or  prepaid phones.
> 
> So if a question for Europe-based luggers. Have data sim chips been 
> phased
> out in Europe? If not, where would they be available?
> Thanks in advance for your help.