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Nokia Cancels $5 Billion Worth of Manufacturing Contracts

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Weren't all CDMA devices outsourced? And isn't CDMA going to migrate to LTE? Good Choice for Nokia!

algorithmplus

Mar 28, 2009, 5:46 PM
I thought I remember hearing that Nokia outsourced all its CDMA operations. With Verizon Wireless and most U.S. CDMA operators choosing LTE for 4G, it seems like CDMA is a dying breed (maybe not immediately, but in the long term.)

With Sprint seeming to be the only CDMA operator not choosing to deploy LTE, and Nokia and Sprint do not have the closest relationship anyway, I think it is a great move for Nokia.

While $5 billion is a lot of money, it seems like a good portion will be CDMA, and unless Nokia has resumed CDMA manufacturing, it is seeming to migrate away from it before the technology actually dies.

I wonder how much of the $5 billion are Nokia's GSM/HSPA phones? If Nokia is going to put all its resources into HSPA/LTE to...
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familyguync07

Mar 28, 2009, 10:33 PM
I think all the us carriers are switching to LTE atleast all the ones who will still be around once this depression goes away(If it ever does)
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algorithmplus

Mar 29, 2009, 10:39 AM
I agree with you. Many of the smaller carriers haven't officially made an announcement to switch to LTE, but it's in the plans.

I also think that Sprint's lack of LTE plans will hurt it in the future (aside from previous management problems and economic problems which are independent of Sprint.) Sprint will not be able to have any roaming partners for data services once LTE is rolled out, as it has chosen WiMax instead. This will put it at a great disadvantage to even small mom-and-pop type ones that will have LTE and can roam nationally.
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Azeron

Mar 29, 2009, 12:47 AM
The 3589i/3585 Nokia phones were like toys anyway and then those Pantechs that were passed off as Nokias. Whew! Good riddance.
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algorithmplus

Mar 29, 2009, 10:41 AM
Azeron said:
The 3589i/3585 Nokia phones were like toys anyway and then those Pantechs that were passed off as Nokias. Whew! Good riddance.


I'm not sure that they were Pantech phones rebranded as Nokia, I thought Nokia just outsourced production?

Anybody have any further information?
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