Actually from what I've been reading, it sounds like with the switch to LTE, the Vodafone half is really pushing to join global standards (including SIM cards). Verizon/Vodafone wanted nothing to do with that sinking ship called WiMax
Yep, this is right. The folks at Verizon that I deal with every day are telling me that they are being trained to get out of the handset sales business entirely.