I have the the Nokia 8260. I assume that your service is through AT&T wireless. You can not convert this phone to digital in the D.R. because it works on a TDMA digital system where as the systems of the existing mobile tel providers in the D.R. are CDMA and GSM. You can hook it up to analouge. however I read in the 8260 manual that the phone is design to work much better in digital zones and has weaker analouge capabilities than the typical analouge phone. If you plan on living there I would suggest getting a new digital phone.