What is this Nokia with American 3G?
Is it the 6120 Classic? With little more than the outline of the handset's posterior to go by, it's hard to say, and the FCC knows it only as the "RM-289" for the moment. One thing we can say for certain is that it ain't no N75, but beyond that, it's pretty much anyone's guess. We normally wouldn't care about such poorly-identified models creeping through the FCC's bureaucratic cogs, but what makes this one special is that WCDMA is clearly identified in the test documents on both the 850 and 1900MHz bands. That's by no means a slam-dunk indicator that AT&T's signed up to carry it -- whatever "it" may be -- but in any event, folks should have little trouble eventually getting this one unlocked and using it stateside. We'll withhold any major celebrations until we know more about the model, but we're cautiously optimistic that Nokia's finally warming up to our oh-so-special flavor of 3G data.





















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Red_Munk @ Apr 26th 2007 10:52PM
As ususal: Thats what US gets for not following Global standards.
Rich @ Apr 26th 2007 11:05PM
Red_Munk,
Actually, WCDMA / HSDPA is the "global standard".
As for the different frequency bands, no one had a choice in that.
Europe's 2100 band overlaps with our 1900 band, so the only way we could have the 2100 band here in the US is if the FCC revoked all of the 1900 MHz licenses. That's what 100% of Sprint and T-Mobile's networks use, so those two companies would basically be out of business. Cingular and Verizon also use plenty of 1900 MHz spectrum, so they'd have to shut down half of their networks as well.
...not really a viable option.
Donald @ Apr 27th 2007 7:36AM
Someone I know in Nokia's blogger relations has mentioned an enhanced version of the N95 to be announced in August that would have 3g on the North American bands, not be carried by ATTingular, and blow the N75 out of the water (in his words).
I think the FCC beat him to it.
Anthony @ Apr 27th 2007 8:27AM
I called T-Mobile and spoke with one of their reps around 2 weeks ago and they confirmed to me that the current N95 runs on their network.
And the N95 runs on the 2100 band.
Rich @ Apr 27th 2007 11:44AM
Anthony,
The currently-available Nokia N95 has quad-band GSM (2G) and WCDMA 2100 (3G).
The quad-band GSM part will work on T-Mobile's network... or Cingular's.
The 3G part will not work in the US, ever, period.
Red_Munk @ Apr 27th 2007 11:56AM
Ty for clearing that out rich, i never knew that the frequencies "Overlap", always under the impression that the telco's use different bands to continue their medievil rule over subscribers.
& yes, n95 wont work with us 3g. i.e, you will not be able to make video calls or use it for hi-speed data except EDGE (which frankly, does not cut it) or WiFi.
A US version of n95 is a rumour, lets see.
Evan @ Aug 9th 2007 10:48AM
RM-289 is the 6555b.
CK @ Aug 13th 2007 8:28PM
Nokias made in Korea? I don't think so.. the label is clearly fake. Korea also uses the 2100 band for their new WCDMA, so it's unlikely that they plan to manifacture the N95 for the Korean market with bands that can be used in the US. The labor is not that cheap in Korea like China, to use Korean contractors, either