CDMA to become the norm?
Is GSM on the way out? I read somewhere the CDMA or WCDMA is the future and world wide, and will become the global standard. (I forgot which tech. mag I read this in.)
If such is the case, why would anyone want gsm service?
Second question, China which has over a billion people, chose CDMA over GSM. Do they know something about the future that we don't know about?
Third question why is GSM having a hard time establishing it's network?
Anyone heard different on these subjects?
Thanks,
T&L
If such is the case, why would anyone want gsm service?
Second question, China which has over a billion people, chose CDMA over GSM. Do they know something about the future that we don't know about?
Third question why is GSM having a hard time establishing it's network?
Anyone heard different on these subjects?
Thanks,
T&L
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1) GSM is here to stay for quite a long time. It wouldn't make sense to just jump right into WCDMA considering the cost. Heck, Europe tried moving to WCDMA and found it very hard and costly to do so...
2) People will want GSM because it is a global standard. Much like your TDMA model phones can use other TDMA carrier towers, as well your CDMA ones can do the same with CDMA towers, GSM is the same way (you can roam onto other GSM towers).
3) China [as well as Japan] chose CDMA because that is the future, and guess what, they are ALREADY THERE! Yup, they are AHEAD of us because they had a more rigid gov't push on it. The US is a big mess because the gov't didn't care what type of signal you used, so we have AMPS, CDMA, TDMA, iDen, GSM (d...
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2) People will want GSM because it is a global standard. Much like your TDMA model phones can use other TDMA carrier towers, as well your CDMA ones can do the same with CDMA towers, GSM is the same way (you can roam onto other GSM towers).
3) China [as well as Japan] chose CDMA because that is the future, and guess what, they are ALREADY THERE! Yup, they are AHEAD of us because they had a more rigid gov't push on it. The US is a big mess because the gov't didn't care what type of signal you used, so we have AMPS, CDMA, TDMA, iDen, GSM (d...
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