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Hingham, MA | reply to DarnellP
Re: You don't say Early LTE devices will be data-focused devices like aircards... this is how EV-DO started out, too... these are usually the first type of devices that get to market due to relative simplicity.
The voice component of LTE is likely to take more time to test. Verizon will probably want the first batch of LTE-enabled phones to use CDMA for voice, too, especially considering LTE-CDMA handoffs. But how I understand it 2018-2020 is the shut-down date for the CDMA network, not when they plan to stop selling CDMA phones. (You might have meant this, the post was unclear so I wanted to clarify)
Interestingly, because EV-DO is "data only" (well, the official acronym was changed to "data optimized" for some reason), the older CDMA 1x network is still used for voice, and may end up outliving EV-DO... |
