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The ROAMING ZONE PRL PAGE

Your phone's Preferred Roaming List, or PRL determines how your phone will behave in certain geographic areas, whether or not it can roam and on what roaming carriers. PRL's are a feature of CDMA phones. A similar function with GSM carriers is the MNC (Mobile Network Code). Only recent PRL's are shown. Links are either to an "interpretation" of a PRL or found changes. Get additional PRL information at the FAQ and the SID List. Also, find out why there are fewer PRL Interpretations.

Alltel PRL's
Sprint PRL's
US Cellular PRL's
Verizon Wireless PRL's


  • ALLTEL
    August 18, 2011
    21011 Non-EVDO (Feature Phones)
    31011 EVDO (Smartphones)
    51001 Data cards
    Observed changes indicate that Alltel phones now prefer roaming on Sprint when available.

    June 1, 2011
    31008 EVDO
    21008 non-EVDO
    Observed changes indicate that Alltel phones now prefer roaming on Sprint when available.

    June 1, 2010
    31005 EVDO (divested markets)
    20053 non-EVDO (Verizon markets)
    30056 EVDO (Verizon markets)
    Observed changes: Updated SID's for Verizon roaming in Oklahoma City

    February 26, 2010
    20050 non-EVDO (non divested markets)
    30053 EVDO (non divested markets)

  • SPRINT

    November 16, 2011
    60683 EVDO
    60683 Changes

    July 13, 2011
    60681 EVDO (Smart phones)
    60681 Changes
    50681 Non-EVDO (Feature phones)

    March 15, 2011:
    60676 Smart Phones. Loss of "Local" Sprint coverage and 3G roaming in ND, MT and WY.

    November 11,2009:
    60657 EVDO
    50557 Non-EVDO


  • US CELLULAR

    June 9, 2011
    15112

    Sept. 10, 2010
    15099/15100 EVDO

    February 12, 2010
    15087/15088 EVDO
    39987/39988 non-EVDO

    March 5, 2009:
    39970 Non-EVDO
    15070 EVDO

    April 1, 2008:
    39956 Non-EVDO
    15056 EVDO (The last full Interpretation)
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  • VERIZON WIRELESS
    Note: Verizon issues several PRL's with each revision, and the one you receive depends on your plan, phone model and location. The order of roaming partners among all PRL's issued on the same date is virtually identical. PRL's in the '65000' range are generally sent to former Alltel customers who have kept their old Alltel plan.

    December 8, 2011 (52631 - 52644 and others)

    November 10, 2011 (52608 - 52629 and others)

    October 20, 2011 (Includes 52549 - 52559 and others)

    September 21, 2011 (Includes 52501 - 52526 and others)
    52501 Nationwide/AC II EVDO

    September 15, 2011 (Includes 52418 - 52440 and others)
    52418 Nationwide/AC II EVDO

    June 17, 2011 (Includes 52341 - 52367 and others)
    65225 - 65226 Hybrid (ex-Alltel areas)

    April 28, 2011 (Includes 52297 - 52299)
    52299 Nationwide/AC II EVDO
    Changes with PRL 52299

    March 17, 2011 (Includes 52257 - 52280):
    52257 Nationwide/AC II EVDO

    January 28, 2011 (Includes 52219 - 52220)

    Dec. 3, 2010 (includes 52123 - 52189) Some customers report getting one PRL, then are upgraded to another a few days later.

    Nov. 6, 2010 (includes 52078 - 52105)
    52105 Nationwide/AC II EVDO

NOTES:

  • Some CDMA carriers, now have the capability to force a new PRL to your phone without your knowledge. This "push" is being done on a routine basis to users who make account changes or have specific phone models. We expect this to eventually be done on a regular basis and users will no longer be able to "choose" a specific PRL. Any "hacks" to prevent this will also prevent legitimate downloads and are not recommended. Also see Verizon is Pushing More PRL's.


ADDITIONAL PRL INFORMATION:

*We strongly advise you to research a PRL before you intentionally download a new one "Over The Air". Some have bugs that eventually get fixed, but you don't need to be the beta tester.



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