05 Jan 09 GSM or CDMA?
When it comes to products and development, competition between rivals is always a good thing, right? Not when it comes to cell phone service. According to a recent article in Parade magazine data transmission in Europe and Asia is much faster than in the U.S. The Japanese have long been able to use their cellphones on the subway or use their handset like a credit card, both impossible anywhere in the United States.
The reason is simple. Europe and Asia decided long ago to adopt a single cellular network—GSM—whereas the United States still has two competing networks—GSM and CDMA. Because Europe and Asia have a single unified infrastructure underlying their cell phone service, different companies have been freed up to improve other aspects of their phones while the infrastructure takes care of itself. Maybe it’s time to turn the page on the battle of the cell phone signals and give American users a break.
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Simon,
Did you bother doing any research before making the all encompassing statement that Europe and Asia have all converged on GSM?
Did you bother to mention that of the @500 million CDMA subscribers that only about 25% are in NA? That leaves @350M in ROW with the loin’s share (@250M) in Asia and significant numbers in SA too. China Telecom and KDDI (Japan) are two of the world’s largest CDMA operators, both in Asia.
Did you know there are CDMA deployments in Europe too? Yes, GSM has the majority of the market and LTE will be the converged standard of the future, but until then don’t fool yourself into thinking that CDMA is an NA only protocol.
Please, do a better job of checking your fact before making sure statements.
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