Can a nokia 5165 phone be used with my cingular service.

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"gina bryant via CellPhoneKB.com" <forum@CellPhoneKB.com> wrote in message news:797104c49a4d42c0ab30c8006fcfa033@CellPhoneKB.com...
> I have a motorola t720 works great just wont ring anymore. So I
> brought a nokia 5165 off ebay ( they said it was used with cingular
> servcie as well) . So when I get the phone can I put my sim chip
> in it from my cingular motorola phone and it will work with the
> nokia 5165. Do I have to call cingular or should the phone jsut
> start working since it has my old chip in it.
>
> thanks
> gina
>
Your T720 is GSM, as indicated by its using a SIM card.
The Nokia 5165 is a TDMA phone and doesn't use a SIM.
You can't use a TDMA phone on a GSM network. The
5165 would work only on Cingular's older TDMA network.