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Nextel and how long will it last past 2010
2006: This year a dual mode (Nextel/Sprint) phone will be made this year.
Also continue site sharing with the towers
Begin tech trials on 4G
2007😁eploy 4g by end of the year
Trial VOIP and walkie-talkie on EV-DO A and 4g
2008: Launch Sprint walkie talkie on EV-DO site
2010: Continue Iden network till end of 2010
Also continue site sharing with the towers
Begin tech trials on 4G
2007😁eploy 4g by end of the year
Trial VOIP and walkie-talkie on EV-DO A and 4g
2008: Launch Sprint walkie talkie on EV-DO site
2010: Continue Iden network till end of 2010
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Ya know, the day I first heard about wireless number portability I said "Nextel will be gone by 2010, I guarentee it."
Looks like I was right.
Looks like I was right.
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Accordint to the latest Mobile Radio Technology magazine, Moto. may not be producing the dual mode iDEN/CDMA phone. It mentioned a limited market share (only Sprint/NEXTEL0 and development times that didn't make it worth their while.
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Not according to this article from January 2006 Mobile Radio Technology...
http://mrtmag.com/mag/radio_idens_murky_future/ »
http://mrtmag.com/mag/radio_idens_murky_future/ »
Although Sprint says it will offer a combined iDEN/CDMA handset, Motorola says it has not made a final commitment to building them. Concerns over market size for such a device could prevent Motorola from taking the plunge. Compounding matters for Sprint is that there currently aren't many options beyond Motorola, as no other handset vendor thus far has tried to build an iDEN handset.
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Why? Why? Why? would u want to go all CDMA? CDMA sucks and this would set business communications back 10 years.
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