Will a mobile phone bought in India work in Canada?

[Serendipity14]

Hi,

I know that this has been discussed a couple of times earlier in this forum and I did read them through. From what I understand it depends on the baseband supported by the mobile device which decides whether it will work or not in Canada. I also followed the links given in this thread:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/can-indian-gsm-moblie-handsets-be-used-with-canadian-sim-cards-t133363.0.html

But the thread is more than a year old and I was hoping if somebody could update me regarding networks supported by Canadian operators. I have a Nexus 5 (bought from Google Play store) which supports following networks:

2G/3G/4G LTE
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8
LTE: Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/20

Any help will be appreciated

 

[minaz31]

Your phone will work, dont worry.

 

[Neez]

If it is unlocked, it will work.

 

[Serendipity14]

Your phone will work, dont worry.

If it is unlocked, it will work.

Thank you for the reply
And yes it is unlocked, not tied up to any particular carrier. But will I be able to use it with any network in Canada or will there be any restriction with respect to supported baseband?

 

[Johnny31]

Thank you for the reply
And yes it is unlocked, not tied up to any particular carrier. But will I be able to use it with any network in Canada or will there be any restriction with respect to supported baseband?

Yes! Just get a sim card from Fido or Rogers and it should work right away!

 

[Serendipity14]

Yes! Just get a sim card from Fido or Rogers and it should work right away!

Great! Thanks a lot. Always good to have one less thing to worry about (and money saved)