KrazyDawg
join:2001-02-07
Vallejo, CA
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| GSM copy cat
So does this mean Verizon is allowing CDMA devices from Sprint, Alltel, and possibly other carriers outside of the US on their network, as long as a fee is paid? GSM doesn't charge you to do this as it is a matter of a SIM card and unlocking the phone. Make it free and maybe more people will have reason to switch. |
cghh
join:2001-01-15
Milpitas, CA
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February 26th, @01:14PM
| said by KrazyDawg  :So does this mean Verizon is allowing CDMA devices from Sprint, Alltel, and possibly other carriers outside of the US on their network, as long as a fee is paid? The device will have to pass some sort of "network compliance" test. Supposedly, they will only test for compliance with their CDMA network, not what applications the device runs, but some suspect that they will use this test to keep out "undesired" devices. But since the U.S. government requires e911 compliance, and VZW uses aGPS to satisfy this requirement, I think it is safe to say that no foreign phone will qualify. (GSM providers use a mechanism based on triangulation with cell sites to satisfy the location requirement of e911, so this is why they can accept foreign GSM phones and still satisfy the e911 requirement.) |
