patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to dlewis23
Re: iPhone and HSPA+ said by dlewis23:The iPhone will come to T-Mobile in the USA before anyone else, because they are expanding their 3G network faster then anyone else. We will see the CDMA iPhone before we see the AWS 1700 iPhone. AWS is used in exactly 1 country (USA) and with exactly 1 GSM provider (TM USA). CDMA is available everywhere except Europe and Australia (CDMA was shut down there), except about 1/2 the countries with CDMA are on 450mhz (ex-nordic analog bagphone band, zero chance of 450mhz iPhone), but besides that, it still leaves alot of countries and 100s of millions of users. China, Japan, South Korea, India, and South America have serious CDMA deployments. »www.cdg.org/worldwide/cdma_world···iber.asp |
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| said by patcat88:said by dlewis23:The iPhone will come to T-Mobile in the USA before anyone else, because they are expanding their 3G network faster then anyone else. We will see the CDMA iPhone before we see the AWS 1700 iPhone. AWS is used in exactly 1 country (USA) and with exactly 1 GSM provider (TM USA). CDMA is available everywhere except Europe and Australia (CDMA was shut down there), except about 1/2 the countries with CDMA are on 450mhz (ex-nordic analog bagphone band, zero chance of 450mhz iPhone), but besides that, it still leaves alot of countries and 100s of millions of users. China, Japan, South Korea, India, and South America have serious CDMA deployments. » www.cdg.org/worldwide/cdma_world···iber.asp A CDMA iphone will never happen. Also, you're wrong about never seeing an iPhone with AWS. Both AT&T as well as Rogers, Bell and Tellus have invested HUGE sums of $$ into AWS spectrum so you can BET that Apple will include the 1700Mhz frequency in a future iteration of their iPhone.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by adisor19:A CDMA iphone will never happen. Also, you're wrong about never seeing an iPhone with AWS. Both AT&T as well as Rogers, Bell and Tellus have invested HUGE sums of $$ into AWS spectrum so you can BET that Apple will include the 1700Mhz frequency in a future iteration of their iPhone. Adi A 1700 handset will be a LTE handset, not a GSM/HSDPA handset with 1700. Not sure if LTE handsets will have CDMA/GSM fallback at this point. VZW is promising a forklift upgrade to LTE, unlike its 3G rollout.
ATT's AWS spectrum is fragmented »www.phonescoop.com/articles/arti···9&p=1495 , probably bought defensivly. Anyways Verizon has said only LTE is going on its AWS. ATT also said LTE only on AWS »www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=181827 . The chance of a HSDPA 1700 iPhone is Zero. |
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| I respectfully disagree. The complexity of adding the 1700Mhz band to the iPhone is very little : additional antenna is needed and the chip set needs to be certified for the new frequency. That's about it.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by adisor19:I respectfully disagree. The complexity of adding the 1700Mhz band to the iPhone is very little : additional antenna is needed and the chip set needs to be certified for the new frequency. That's about it. Adi The complexity is very little, but corporations don't think like humans. A proper engineer would release a 1700mhz handset, a CEO would never greenlight it without a business agreement being signed first, by the carrier who wants that 1700mhz phone. |
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 en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to patcat88
Actually 2 countries... USA and Canada (unless you consider Canada an extra state)
It is most likely easier to program a GSM/HSPA chip to run on a different frequency than it is to deploy a different architecture (CDMA 2000 core vs GSM MAP core).
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 Frankis chillingPremium
join:2000-11-03
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said by patcat88:CDMA is available everywhere except Europe and Australia (CDMA was shut down there), except about 1/2 the countries with CDMA are on 450mhz (ex-nordic analog bagphone band, zero chance of 450mhz iPhone), I always wondered about that, why isnt 450mhz used here in the states? I'm not familiar with radio transmission or frequencies but I was under the impression that the lower the frequency the better the transmission into buildings and the less towers you need to put up?
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I don’t think you got the memo. LTE will be data only to start (many years). And it’s going to take some time for the carriers build a business plan that monetizes mobile VOIP. I don’t know one carrier that plans on cannibalizing their revenue for the sake of innovation. |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | reply to adisor19
You guys really need to hang up the iPhone/CDMA argument once and for all.. the only and correct answer right now is "... NO ONE KNOWS"... anytime someone says "It's coming to CDMA" or "It will NEVER hit CDMA" has absolutely NO clue what they are talking about no matter what side of the hope coin they're on.. hasn't anyone learned that by now?
The ONLY thing for certain, right now, is that what ever side someone is on (be it they want it on CDMA or who say it will never hit CDMA) will be that either side will say "see.. I knew it all along"...
.. it's nothing more than a 50% guess right now. The one thing I will say, however, and it's been said many times before.. apple was hiring CDMA engineers as little as a year ago.. does that mean anything? No one knows... apple has been VERY good at keeping a tight wrap on things... so really.. don't say "never"... you CAN'T say "never" especially when the numbers speak different.. There are MILLIONS of people on CDMA networks in the United States.. that's potential revenue for apple.. If they stop seeing new sales, who knows if they open up to more technology.. besides, it's not like many people believe.. it's NOT hard to adapt a phone for different technology.. RIM has been doing it for years.. you guys make it out like it would cost bazillions or dollars to make a CDMA version of the phone...
The iPhone is still technically a new phone.. there is still a large market untapped for the phone...
The only thing I'd ever put my money on is that anyone here who thinks they know what the future holds for the iPhone... is prolly wrong! |
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I think it's cause it's still used for the C-band satellite broadcast (the BUDS, Big Ugly Dishes).. Someone correct me if i'm wrong.
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
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said by Frank:I always wondered about that, why isnt 450mhz used here in the states? I'm not familiar with radio transmission or frequencies but I was under the impression that the lower the frequency the better the transmission into buildings and the less towers you need to put up? Because in the USA, the FCC for decades handed out 2 way walkie talkie radio channels to anything with a Inc on the end of it, and the warehousers will let go of it on a cold day in hell, and the rest is given to amateur radio.
»www.cdg.org/technology/3g/cdma45···tion.asp
»www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf
Plus the Ham radio lobby will fight to the end for their bands, and the so will all the businesses that don't use their endless bands.
»Re: Legislation Introduced in US Senate to Inventory Radio Spect
Some folks in congress are trying to force the FCC to do a spectrum inventory study, something that has never been done before in the USA, so congress can TRY (tough luck with lobbyist $) and revoke/evict all the warehousers and other poor excuses for radio channels and use them for something that actually helps citizens.
It would be really sweet if 450mhz band was opened up in USA, mountain coverage, deep inside concrete building coverage (Wal-mart/Home Depot/office tower), underground passages (subway/underground city/mall-ish), and areas where there are no towers because the NIMBYs are the zoning board, and all the carriers have a huge gap in the area. Of course a phone should use 450mhz as a last resort as to not congest it.
Edit: made a little chart to show the NMT CDMA bands visually, its basically 450-460 mhz for mobile tx, and 465-475 for tower tx, plus 2 more distant bands. Each license seems to be 5 mhz. A tiny tiny tiny amount nowadays. 1.25 mhz CDMA will fit, UTMS with its 5mhz blocks probably wouldn't. The 2 800mhz bands in the USA are 30 mhz I believe. PCS bands are 10, 20 or 30, although some have been subdivided to 5mhz I think. |
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