Thinkpads Forum

OK, so there is something strange afoot. Looking at Lenovo Canada's WWAN page, all the pages are plastered with Telus logos and talk about EVDO:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/ca/wwan/index.html

Now, they list nine WWAN notebooks, three T60s, three X60s (including the 1709-HDU which I'm looking at) and three X60 tablets. All have "Telus WWAN" but when you look at the detailed specs, they don't have EVDO -- they have the Sierra Wireless MC8755 WWAN card, which is UMTS/HSDPA (and EDGE/GPRS), more commonly sold in Europe. And Telus only does CDMA and EVDO, not GSM/GPRS or UMTS.

So what's the scoop? Do these really have some cards other than the MC8755, and thus work on Telus? Or do they have the MC8755, and they work on Rogers rather than Telus? Or am I missing something obvious and MC8755 somehow works on Telus's EVDO network after all?

Could be a typo?

I checked the main page, it shows TELUS WWAN.

But when you check the specifications/details it shows
Wireless Standard: Bluetooth Version 2.0 + EDR, ThinkPad 11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi wireless, WCDMA, HSDPA

Your last question however, MC8755 will never work with TELUS

It's probably best to call Lenovo to confirm.