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Re: CDMA not meant to be "open"
said by Squirrelly  :I believe Verizon will be switching to 4G GSM very soon. It won't be soon, LTE is 3 years away before mass deployment It won't fully replace CDMA for at least 5 years, maybe 10. Verizon may not use LTE for voice for a while, just data at first - maybe.
Qualcomm is coming up with an LTE/CDMA combo chipset that will help the transition, but neither will be as open as WiMAX. WiMAX is an IEEE spec, allowing device makers to not be involved with carriers. LTE comes from 3GGP, controlled by the telcom industry.
If Qualcomm successfully combines LTE/CDMA into a chipset and makes cellsites easy/cheap to upgrade, I wouldn't be surprised to see Sprint use LTE in the end as well (in addition to WiMAX). |
