HT1766 trying to switch providers with my current phone

I curreneetly use Verison wireless, my sister gave my daughter an iphone 4S that is AT&T. Verizon says I can't use the AT&T phone on their network. Isn't an iphone an iphone? Is there a hardware or software fix?

no not really in USA there are 2 different types of cellphone networks
gsm and cdma
cdma is not that widely used outside of Usa but in Usa it seems to be 50 50

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