Using my BB 8830 world edition in Europe

I will be taking my BB to Europe with me and would like some clarification.
According to the manual, my phone should automatically switch to a GSM network, but I need to know if I must dial the NDD, the city code and local number to make a call to hotels within the country I am in, or do I need to use the country code?
Also - do I need to change any setting in smart dialing on my phone?
I would appreciate any assistance - thank you.

Keep in mind, that depending on your carrier you may find service issues. Because the world phones are still relatively new, the CDMA carriers do not always have roaming agreements with all the GSM carriers yet. You may also find that some carriers will only support the voice (GSM) and not the data (GPRS/EDGE). The phone should auto switch to GSM mode, but you might have to manually switch what carrier it latches onto to get full service.
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I have been given a BB 8830 World Edition from Sprint that I want to use in UK. Can I use it with a UK Orange Sim card ? Will I need to ask Sprint for it to be un-locked for use in the UK ?
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Yes, Sprint will need to provide you with the unlock code so you can use that SIM card.
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Help Needed with my inactive Verizon 8830 World Edition...

Hello all, new to the site and am looking forward to both the information offered and whatever way I can contribute...
I have a Verizon (not active) 8830 World Edition that have been unused now for 2+ years as we had moved to Scotland, UK for educational reasons and have since used Orange and the Blackberry's they offer.
My wife is going back to the states and we'd like to use this Blackberry with a Simm card bought to use for both local calls whilst she is there and calls back to me in the UK. We previously bought a card to put in the phone but it did not work and when going through the cards support they informed us we needed to call Verizon.
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TINEEHINEE wrote: they told me that I HAVE TO HAVE my phone connected with a Verizon Plan and that is the only way it will work (proprietary).
That is correct. Spot on.
TINEEHINEE wrote:
The phone IS unlocked as we initially used it once we moved to the UK but now we want to use it back in the US to call home here in the UK with a US Simm card...
That is also correct... it is usable OUTSIDE of the USA on GSM networks, but NOT in the USA on ATT or Tmobile. Only Verizon in the USA.
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BB 8830 WORLD EDITION SAR level?

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Addition info:
When the 8830 was released, way back when, I found a comment from someone saying
"this (8830) is only unlocked for GSM networks, and presumably only those GSM networks that aren't in the same region as Sprint networks (so roaming on AT&T and T-Mobile in the US is probably also out of the question"
This correct. It will not work in the US.
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