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"I treveled w/ this phone to the US and was not able to use it."

When did you travel?
You can use it now if you sign on with the right carrier.
I believe T-Mobile, AT&T/Cingular wireless have GSM networks in the US.
European companies might be "more eager" to embrace new information technology especially wireless because US firms at present are "over teched". Wireless has security problems that need to be and are being resolved. US firms have solid technology that they purchased or developed in the late 90's and early 2000's that is still quite functional.
If the study was to measure businesses "eagerness" then it probably has some merit. But to suggest that the US is behind Sweden in overall deployment and sophistication of IT (which the headline does)is more than a stretch.
However, my wife loves her Volvo.

I traveled throughout Europe and Asia Years: 1998, 1999, 2000. 2001, 2002 and 2003.

The last time a tried to use the phone in the US = late 2001.
The only way to be able to use the phone back then, was to get a sim card, and they where hard to come by.

By the way ATT and T-Mobile just came out with GSM technology either late last year or early this year I'm not sure.

North America gets GSM EDGE more info here...

Results count, and purveyors of GSM in North America are busily counting up the positive results from recent network build outs and technology innovations that seemed to some as unlikely as they were ambitious just a few years ago.Though GSM got off to a decidedly late start in the Americas, today the GSM Association has more than 110 GSM operators across the North America and Caribbean. And that number is growing quickly as operators in the Americas elect to migrate from TDMA to GSM. To date, 46 TDMA operators and at least two CDMA operators in the region are implementing GSM overlays.

Thanks to this migration, GSM is showing rapid growth in the region. The number of GSM subscribers in the United States and Canada grew by 61 per cent between November 2002 and November 2003, to reach nearly 27 million cording to EMC Cellular Database.

With the initial GSM overlay of TDMA at1900MHz largely completed in 2002 by North American operators making the changeover, 2003 was marked by the addition of GSM in the same operators’ 850MHz spectrum.

An immediate benefit that operators are seeing from their switch to GSM is new roaming revenues generated by the technology’s huge worldwide subscriber base. In its Q3 2003financial report, Canadian TDMA/GSM operator Rogers Wireless noted that its growing roaming revenues were largely attributable to the deployment of its GSM/GPRS network, ‘which has provided for seamless roaming to the company’s subscribers who travel internationally as well as the increased ability to capture roaming revenues from international visitors to Canada.’

TDMA operators migrating to GSM as well as pure-play GSM operators such as T-Mobile USA and Microcell Telecommunications in Canada have also benefited from the ability to offer a wide array of wireless data services via GPRS. Offerings run the gamut from games and ringtones to picture messaging and location-based services.

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A prepaid American SIM card for when your not on the road or if your visiting us from overseas bring your cell phone but leave your SIM card behind. A USA SIM card is a great way to use your world cell phone in the United States while you continue to stay in touch while for travel (even if it’s just travel to work). Pay the local rate for local calls and be prepaid.

What's included?

	The T-Mobile US prepaid SIM card for your GSM cell phone
	225 minute starter credit
	A local cell phone number in The United States
	Voicemail
	Free incoming SMS (text messaging) and e-mail
	Gold rewards program
	No yearly contract, monthly charges or credit check