International use
Vodafone phones are part of the GSM system, which was designed in Europe for international roaming. So long as you have a dual or tri-band phone, and have arranged for international roaming to be enabled, you can use it in more than 90 countries. The calls are expensive, though.Telecom phones belong to the US-designed CDMA system. International roaming has to be enabled by Telecom before you can use them overseas. The phones will work in some countries, but not all. Check with Telecom before you leave.
昔ながらのニュージーランド版電電公社TelecomはCDMA、後に加わったVodafoneはGSMとのことです。うちは主人がV使用者なので、おさがりをいただく可能性の高い私も、必然的にV候補者。
