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Is the IDEN network going to disappear all together??
👀 Is the IDEN network going to disappear all together?? What if people like my friends and I like the network. Not to mention phones like the I880. I wish Nextel never sold out to Sprint, merge whatever. People like the government use IDEN all day long I see. My friends like police officers, firefighters, etc use the IDEN phones like the I880 and if they wanted a cdma phone hence the hybrid I am talking about we should just go to VERIZON!!
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there are 3 new phones slated for release on the iden network that have been fcc approved. so only time will tell.
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It's old, old technology. It will go away eventually. However, Sprint is being VERY conservative about phasing it out.
Hybrid phones are just step one, and they're still 100% iDEN for the PTT part.
They won't start really playing down iDEN (much less phasing it out) until they have something genuinely as good or better to replace it. That's coming, but it hasn't launched yet.
Hybrid phones are just step one, and they're still 100% iDEN for the PTT part.
They won't start really playing down iDEN (much less phasing it out) until they have something genuinely as good or better to replace it. That's coming, but it hasn't launched yet.
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Very true. And it also remains to be seen what happens with iDEN as far as regional carriers who use it, such as SouthernLinc and AirTel.
If QChat will work as well, then I don't personally care. But I remain cautiously optimistic. iDEN PTT will be very hard to equal, much less beat.
My main objection is Sprint dropping the Nextel branding. While networks and technology are constantly undergoing change and improvements, changing branding on a well known product that is synonymous with what it represents (i.e., Nextel-walkie-talkies, Xerox-copiers, Weed Eater-weed trimmers) is corporate suicide!
If QChat will work as well, then I don't personally care. But I remain cautiously optimistic. iDEN PTT will be very hard to equal, much less beat.
My main objection is Sprint dropping the Nextel branding. While networks and technology are constantly undergoing change and improvements, changing branding on a well known product that is synonymous with what it represents (i.e., Nextel-walkie-talkies, Xerox-copiers, Weed Eater-weed trimmers) is corporate suicide!
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It's my understanding that February 2008 Sprint's iDen network is slated to be cut to half it's bandwidth. I can't remember if the FCC has required it or if Sprint is doing it voluntarily. It seems to be coresponding to other carrier's plans to shut down their analog networks.
My guess is that sprint plans on using it only for PTT.
In canada the iDen network (Mike) is run by Telus. The new CDMA/iDen hybrid phones would work well for them as well.
My guess is that sprint plans on using it only for PTT.
In canada the iDen network (Mike) is run by Telus. The new CDMA/iDen hybrid phones would work well for them as well.
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i do tier 2 tech support for nextel.
i believe IDEN will fade out ( just as everything else) but the PTT will be ran over a digital cignal like cingulars.
i dont believe the PTT is going anywhere considering its the thing that gives nextel an edge over competitors.
i believe IDEN will fade out ( just as everything else) but the PTT will be ran over a digital cignal like cingulars.
i dont believe the PTT is going anywhere considering its the thing that gives nextel an edge over competitors.
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Once the 1xEV-DO Rev A launch is completed across all the 1xEV-DO Rev 0 as well as 1xRTT networks, Sprint is suppose to be implimenting Qualcomm's QChat which in essence will be a High Performance Push To Talk/HPPT solution.
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