iLive4Apple
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join:2006-07-13
Helena, AL | Well Yea
For AT&T at least, almost every new phone is 3G capable. Networks are going to the next evolution which is UMTS W-CDMA. T-Mobile is not that interested though.
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| T-Mobile is interested, but they face a problem. In many areas, they have a limited amount of spectrum, often not enough to launch a 3G network. That's why they bid heavily for the AWS spectrum, and they ended up getting lots of it. The problem is that it's located in the 1700/2100 MHz bands, which aren't being used for cell service anywhere, which means that there isn't much equipment available right now. That's starting to change, but it will take some time, and, from what I've seen, the CDMA gear seems to be getting to the market first, as Cricket and MetroPCS are already launching purely AWS markets. T-Mobile has some phones with the AWS bands available, but I don't think they've turned up the network yet. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | reply to iLive4Apple
Of course it falling. Because of 3g. Cdma isnt growing even less. UMTS is the future aka LTE. GSM(UMTS) is the future, even for Verizon. Sprint plans to fail. |
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cghh
join:2001-01-15
Milpitas, CA
| said by DaveNJ  :Of course it falling. Because of 3g. Cdma isnt growing even less. UMTS is the future aka LTE. GSM(UMTS) is the future, even for Verizon. Just a nit, but LTE is a totally different air interface (OFDM) and backend (IP) from both what the GSM providers are using (GSM/WCDMA with MAP backend) and what the CDMA providers such as Verizon Wireless are using (CDMA/2000,EV-DO with ANSI backend). Just because VZW and the GSM providers happen to plan to end up at the same point (LTE) doesn't mean that VZW is adopting GSM. |
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