# Cellular telephone transportability: Taiwan\>Canada

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellular-telephone-transportability-taiwan-canada/216210>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellular-telephone-transportability-taiwan-canada/216210 "2003-12-01T06:37:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellular-telephone-transportability-taiwan-canada/216210/1 "2003-12-01T06:37:54Z")

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A friend is coming home from Taiwan. She bought a prepaid cellular while there and wonders whether it could be brought back to Canada and be used on one of the networks.

Seeing as how I know slightly more than “jack all” about cellular technology and standards (I do know there are a bunch), I’d mine this vast quarry of intelligence for an answer. So…what’s the liklihood she can bring it back and actually use it on a local network?