Just a follow up to yesterdays article:
GSM850 Launch in Panama???
I just talked to a friend of mine from Ericsson, who says that C&W will only launch a GSM 850 network and not a GSM 1900 network. This requires a completely new phone. None of the Triband ones will be working.

Panama is the only place outside the US that is using GSM 850. (I hadn't even heard about untill yesterday) Apparently Cingular uses it in the states.

I just had a quick look at the SonyEricsson web site and I found only one phone the T62u which supports GSM850. It's actually quite cool, because it also supports GSM1900 and TDMA800/1900 so you should have full coverage anywhere in the americas.

I guessing then that, that is the great advantage of GSM850. Easy integration with TDMA???
It's a shame though, because there are so many great benefits of the normal gsm phones.

For one, roaming from anywhere except Cingular will be impossible.