Mobile Broadband Lenovo Thinkpad W500 4062-5FU

Hello,

I live in Turkey and a friend of mine living in US bought a ThinkPad W500 4062-5FU last year via amazon.com.

Lenovo ThinkPad W500 40625FU Notebook ( 40625FU ) - Intel Core 2 Duo Notebook - Lenovo Notebook

The link above declares the features and as you see it is written as:
Wireless Broadband (WWAN): GPRS, WCDMA, HSPA, AT&T

May I use a SIM card of a 3G service provider based in Turkey or am I bound to one in US?

Thanks.

 

3G (and mobile phones in general) use different frequencies in the US and in Europe.
You have to check the exact 3G modem model number and verify that it can operate on European frequencies.
If it can than there should be no problem.

 

The modem in the Lenovo cards are usually the the Qualcomm Gobi ones (new systems). Gobi works on CDMA and GSM/HSPA and globally (hence the name ) SO the same card works on every carrier in the world. I have one in my system but don't even use it at all, was thinking it would come in handy oneday.

Features
■ Chipset: Qualcomm Gobi 2000
■ USB ID: 05c6:9204 (loader)
■ USB ID: 05c6:9205 (modem)
■ EV-DO/CDMA (800 & 1900Mhz)
■ GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850, 900, 1800 & 1900MHz)
■ HSPA/UMTS (800, 850, 900, 1900 & 2100MHz)
■ GPS, AGPS
■ Up to 7.2Mbps download, 5.76Mbps upload (HSPA/UMTS)
■ Up to 3.1Mbps download, 1.8Mbps upload (EV-DO)