any application, any device
Verizon Wireless' declaration this morning that "any application, any
device" will run on its network next year is clearly an
overstatement-Verizon's CDMA network allows only CDMA-based devices, in use
by 60% of subscribers in the United States market, but only 20% of the
global market.
Therefore, analysts said, there are not a massive number of CDMA-based
handsets available globally that are not available in the U.S. and, thus,
little pent-up demand. On the GSM side of the wireless industry, in
contrast, a comparatively large array of GSM devices are not generally
available in the U.S. and there may be pent-up demand for them.
Global CDMA devices may not even run on Verizon's network, one analyst said.
It's also not clear, a...
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device" will run on its network next year is clearly an
overstatement-Verizon's CDMA network allows only CDMA-based devices, in use
by 60% of subscribers in the United States market, but only 20% of the
global market.
Therefore, analysts said, there are not a massive number of CDMA-based
handsets available globally that are not available in the U.S. and, thus,
little pent-up demand. On the GSM side of the wireless industry, in
contrast, a comparatively large array of GSM devices are not generally
available in the U.S. and there may be pent-up demand for them.
Global CDMA devices may not even run on Verizon's network, one analyst said.
It's also not clear, a...
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malibu_377 said:
Therefore, analysts said, there are not a massive number of CDMA-based
handsets available globally that are not available in the U.S. and, thus,
little pent-up demand.
Don't tell those folks using Sprint that want to come to VZW...plus those smaller companies like US Cellular, nTelos, etc...
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