NeumZOct 18, 2003, 1:45 AM
Which Technology do you think will end up being the standard in the U.S.?
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cdma,gsm will be going to a version of it anyway.
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both but the question is which is worldwide and which is strictly usa although it wouldnt really matter to me i dont travel internationally
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3GSM (W-CDMA) is not really CDMA at all, thus Qualcomm cannot receive royalities...so actually GSM, well 3GSM will prevail
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That is false. If you look at the Cingular phones with 3G many of them say CDMA by Qualcomm.
While CDMA is not the same as WCDMA neither is GSM. It is a new technilogy that incorporates many of the best features of both techs.
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Is anybody here dually qualified to answer this question with anything other than an opinionated answer?
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dcaFeb 5, 2007, 3:39 PM
No... There isn't a qualified individual at Qualcomm or the GSM Assoc that can answer the question. In the end, asking which will prevail is similar to asking which is superior (and we don't wanna' start another one of those topics again)...
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No one in the world is qualified to answer this question.
Which HD DVD format will prevail?
When Beta was released no one could forsee it would only move to a commercial format instead of a consumer format.
So, yes, no one has a crystal ball.
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the reason why qualcomm, puts those stickers on 3g phones for cingular is because they produced the chipsets, any other company can produce 3GSM(UMTS/HSDPA) chips but qualcomm again, dominates in that field
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to add WCDMA is the CDMA version of GSM, its gsm all the way, the current 2g gsm is just the TDMA version of gsm, the same goes for IS-95, 1xrtt, and 1xEVDO, are standards that use CDMA, they are not CDMA per se. qualcomm did not invent cdma, they built wireless technology on cdma and made improvements to it, as gsm made improvements to TDMA when it was developed in the '80s in europe. what gsm did to TDMA, is now what they are doing to CDMA, improving it. im loyal to the GSM platform.
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I do, and I def appretiate the advatages of international GSM roaming since I've been roaming since Oct. 😉
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just figured it'd be nice to rekindle this old topic....and get some new oppinions on it...lol
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We'll be rid of GSM and 1xRTT by the time a standard comes to dominate.
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I think that in the US there will always be CDMA and GSM. I've heard some people say that eventually, these two will evolve into one standard technology, but I don't see this happening. I say this because GSM has a lot more market share than CDMA and even though CDMA is (for some reason mostly used in the Americas -which is not where the manufactures develop it-) doing pretty well with the 3G path it chose.
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I personally don't think that either technology is going to prevail. We are already looking away from current standards to newer ones such as WiMax. Eventually all carriers are going to end up taking the same upgrade path to one technology.
I just don't know how soon.
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Isn't WiMax only a figurative thing? I thought that it didn't turn out to be what it was expected? Am I out of the loop? 👀
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Sure, it's theoretical. But only because nobody has tested it in real world conditions yet. Sprint has already chosen WiMax as it's 4G technology and with the few other choices out there, I think the rest of the carriers will be doing the same eventually.
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Imagaine the roaming capabilities if all carriers were one of the same. Then the only thing that would differntiate one carrier form another is the plans, this of course being said that roaming agreements are in place with each carrier. I think the competition will increase dramatically which should benefit the consumer.
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the people's dollar will determine that, it always does.
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