# Can I use my U.S. cellphone over in Europe or the Middle East? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 5, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-my-u-s-cellphone-over-in-europe-or-the-middle-east/227606 "2004-02-05T02:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-my-u-s-cellphone-over-in-europe-or-the-middle-east/227606/21 "2004-02-06T01:33:03Z")
> [@robcaro](#): > > Get an Iridium phone. Good **anyplace** in the world. I don’t know who sells them now, but the Iridium system is now owned by Boeing. Here is the site to backup the previous post: [http://www.gmpcs-us.com/products/iridium/iridium.htm](http://www.gmpcs-us.com/products/iridium/iridium.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-my-u-s-cellphone-over-in-europe-or-the-middle-east/227606/22 "2004-02-06T02:32:57Z")
> [@robcaro](#): > > Here is the site to backup the previous post: > > [http://www.gmpcs-us.com/products/iridium/iridium.htm](http://www.gmpcs-us.com/products/iridium/iridium.htm) Well, I guess it’s global so long as I don’t go to North Korea, Poland, or Sri Lanka. Thank God I ain’t going to Poland. North Korea wasn’t so bad, since they traded me for a facially-diamond studded Communist colonel. But a 200 minute, global phone for $298.00? That’s like . . . $1.49 a minute. Hell, that’s better than my home’s f\*ckin’ landline service! :eek: Tripler This just gets me more curious by the minute. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-use-my-u-s-cellphone-over-in-europe-or-the-middle-east/227606.md?page=1)