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  1. #1
    PDA Man
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    CANNES, France-More than 1 billion people are now using GSM-based mobile
    phones, the GSM Association announced this week in accordance with the 3GSM
    Wold Congress being held in Cannes, France.

    According to the GSM Association, that milestone means the technology is
    used by one in six of the world's population, in more than 200 countries and
    territories, and is chosen by 80 percent of all new mobile customers.

    "GSM was born out of the revolutionary vision that mobile phones should keep
    customers connected anytime, anywhere, even when crossing borders," said Rob
    Conway, chief executive of the GSM Association. "That revolution has gained
    currency and support faster than even the most optimistic dreams of its
    founders."

    3G Americas added to the GSM Association's findings, reporting 100-percent
    annual growth for GSM technology in the Americas in 2003, including an
    increase in subscriber base of nearly 150 percent in Latin America, and
    77-percent growth in the North American market.

    Speaking monetarily, global revenues attributable to GSM technology totaled
    $277 billion in 2003, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. The
    report further forecasts GSM revenues will grow to $500 billion in 2005.

    Separately, 3G Americas recently announced Chris Pearson will now serve as
    president of the organization. Pearson has served as the group's executive
    vice president and senior operating officer since it was created in 2002.

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  2. #2
    Chris Russell
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    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    It's still poorer in voice quality than CDMA. GSM only got so big due to
    legally enforced mandates.

    Chris

    "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news[email protected]...
    >
    > CANNES, France-More than 1 billion people are now using GSM-based mobile
    > phones, the GSM Association announced this week in accordance with the

    3GSM
    > Wold Congress being held in Cannes, France.
    >
    > According to the GSM Association, that milestone means the technology is
    > used by one in six of the world's population, in more than 200 countries

    and
    > territories, and is chosen by 80 percent of all new mobile customers.
    >
    > "GSM was born out of the revolutionary vision that mobile phones should

    keep
    > customers connected anytime, anywhere, even when crossing borders," said

    Rob
    > Conway, chief executive of the GSM Association. "That revolution has

    gained
    > currency and support faster than even the most optimistic dreams of its
    > founders."
    >
    > 3G Americas added to the GSM Association's findings, reporting 100-percent
    > annual growth for GSM technology in the Americas in 2003, including an
    > increase in subscriber base of nearly 150 percent in Latin America, and
    > 77-percent growth in the North American market.
    >
    > Speaking monetarily, global revenues attributable to GSM technology

    totaled
    > $277 billion in 2003, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. The
    > report further forecasts GSM revenues will grow to $500 billion in 2005.
    >
    > Separately, 3G Americas recently announced Chris Pearson will now serve as
    > president of the organization. Pearson has served as the group's executive
    > vice president and senior operating officer since it was created in 2002.
    >
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  3. #3
    John Navas
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    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    Rubbish.

    In <[email protected]> on Wed, 25 Feb 2004
    00:24:52 GMT, "Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >It's still poorer in voice quality than CDMA. GSM only got so big due to
    >legally enforced mandates.
    >
    >Chris
    >
    >"PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news[email protected]...
    >>
    >> CANNES, France-More than 1 billion people are now using GSM-based mobile
    >> phones, the GSM Association announced this week in accordance with the

    >3GSM
    >> Wold Congress being held in Cannes, France.
    >>
    >> According to the GSM Association, that milestone means the technology is
    >> used by one in six of the world's population, in more than 200 countries

    >and
    >> territories, and is chosen by 80 percent of all new mobile customers.
    >>
    >> "GSM was born out of the revolutionary vision that mobile phones should

    >keep
    >> customers connected anytime, anywhere, even when crossing borders," said

    >Rob
    >> Conway, chief executive of the GSM Association. "That revolution has

    >gained
    >> currency and support faster than even the most optimistic dreams of its
    >> founders."
    >>
    >> 3G Americas added to the GSM Association's findings, reporting 100-percent
    >> annual growth for GSM technology in the Americas in 2003, including an
    >> increase in subscriber base of nearly 150 percent in Latin America, and
    >> 77-percent growth in the North American market.
    >>
    >> Speaking monetarily, global revenues attributable to GSM technology

    >totaled
    >> $277 billion in 2003, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. The
    >> report further forecasts GSM revenues will grow to $500 billion in 2005.
    >>
    >> Separately, 3G Americas recently announced Chris Pearson will now serve as
    >> president of the organization. Pearson has served as the group's executive
    >> vice president and senior operating officer since it was created in 2002.
    >>
    >> --
    >> I am also working with the owner of WAP Terror, WAP Portal that is NON
    >> Commercial. I would like everyone to stop buy and check it out. Please

    >feel
    >> free to send comments and or critque. I cannot make it the best without

    >your
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    >> store Favorite URLS, Read NEWS from Forums, Post to Forum etc. CHECK US

    >OUT!
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    >SEE
    >> YA THERE!!
    >>
    >>
    >>

    >


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  4. #4
    Chris Russell
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    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    You may think so John, but I have both and hands down the Sprint CDMA phone
    has much better audio. Both are current Nokia models, so audio capabilities
    are pretty even. GSM offers no benefit over CDMA. In fact , why are the
    European carriers trying to amend their GSM-only laws to install the CDMA
    overlay for GSM?

    Chris

    "John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
    >
    > Rubbish.
    >
    > In <[email protected]> on Wed, 25 Feb 2004
    > 00:24:52 GMT, "Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >It's still poorer in voice quality than CDMA. GSM only got so big due to
    > >legally enforced mandates.
    > >
    > >Chris
    > >
    > >"PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > >news[email protected]...
    > >>
    > >> CANNES, France-More than 1 billion people are now using GSM-based

    mobile
    > >> phones, the GSM Association announced this week in accordance with the

    > >3GSM
    > >> Wold Congress being held in Cannes, France.
    > >>
    > >> According to the GSM Association, that milestone means the technology

    is
    > >> used by one in six of the world's population, in more than 200

    countries
    > >and
    > >> territories, and is chosen by 80 percent of all new mobile customers.
    > >>
    > >> "GSM was born out of the revolutionary vision that mobile phones should

    > >keep
    > >> customers connected anytime, anywhere, even when crossing borders,"

    said
    > >Rob
    > >> Conway, chief executive of the GSM Association. "That revolution has

    > >gained
    > >> currency and support faster than even the most optimistic dreams of its
    > >> founders."
    > >>
    > >> 3G Americas added to the GSM Association's findings, reporting

    100-percent
    > >> annual growth for GSM technology in the Americas in 2003, including an
    > >> increase in subscriber base of nearly 150 percent in Latin America, and
    > >> 77-percent growth in the North American market.
    > >>
    > >> Speaking monetarily, global revenues attributable to GSM technology

    > >totaled
    > >> $277 billion in 2003, according to a new report from Deutsche Bank. The
    > >> report further forecasts GSM revenues will grow to $500 billion in

    2005.
    > >>
    > >> Separately, 3G Americas recently announced Chris Pearson will now serve

    as
    > >> president of the organization. Pearson has served as the group's

    executive
    > >> vice president and senior operating officer since it was created in

    2002.
    > >>
    > >> --
    > >> I am also working with the owner of WAP Terror, WAP Portal that is NON
    > >> Commercial. I would like everyone to stop buy and check it out. Please

    > >feel
    > >> free to send comments and or critque. I cannot make it the best without

    > >your
    > >> help. http://www.wapterror.de Includes latest WAP news and phone
    > >> info/reviews. Tips & Hints, Has an online WAP service features, lets

    you
    > >> store Favorite URLS, Read NEWS from Forums, Post to Forum etc. CHECK US

    > >OUT!
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    > >SEE
    > >> YA THERE!!
    > >>
    > >>
    > >>

    > >

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  5. #5
    Joseph
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    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:24:52 GMT, "Chris Russell"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >It's still poorer in voice quality than CDMA. GSM only got so big due to
    >legally enforced mandates.


    Says you. The majority of people think CDMA has a metalic unnatural
    sound as compared to GSM. Of course you can skew anything to suit
    your own axe that you're grinding.

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  6. #6
    Chris Russell
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    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    Oh really? That's why about 50 million people in the US use CDMA because
    the sound is tinny? Hogwash! Every CDMA phone I have used gave much truer
    audio than TDMA/GSM(a version of TDMA)/AMPS phones. Some good AMPS
    connections were better than many Cingular 850 overlay GSM connections. I
    get better GSM on ATTWS and T-Mobile, but it still isn't better than my SPCS
    Nokia 3588i. I have been forced to refuse the Cell Barr in the bad 850
    Cingular locations to get TDMA. I'm not grinding an axe, I just call it as
    I hear it. If you haven't had CDMA service, you don't have any right to
    comment on CDMA service. I have never seen any comments on the sound being
    tinny either.

    Chris

    "Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:24:52 GMT, "Chris Russell"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >It's still poorer in voice quality than CDMA. GSM only got so big due to
    > >legally enforced mandates.

    >
    > Says you. The majority of people think CDMA has a metalic unnatural
    > sound as compared to GSM. Of course you can skew anything to suit
    > your own axe that you're grinding.
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  7. #7
    Joseph
    Guest

    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 01:40:27 GMT, "Chris Russell"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >You may think so John, but I have both and hands down the Sprint CDMA phone
    >has much better audio. Both are current Nokia models, so audio capabilities
    >are pretty even. GSM offers no benefit over CDMA. In fact , why are the
    >European carriers trying to amend their GSM-only laws to install the CDMA
    >overlay for GSM?


    Like everything else people have their differing opinions. Your
    opinion is no more or less important than anyone else's. CDMA for
    one thing requires that you program a phone rather than program a
    SIM/smart card. You are basically married to a phone until you either
    call your provider to change your ESN or use some other facility to
    change the ESN for your current phone.

    And European carriers are not trying to amend their GSM only laws.
    CDMA is or will be the next step to GSM's path to 3G. GSM is not
    going away if that's what you are inferring.

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  8. #8
    Joseph
    Guest

    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:46:20 GMT, "Chris Russell"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Oh really? That's why about 50 million people in the US use CDMA because
    >the sound is tinny? Hogwash! Every CDMA phone I have used gave much truer
    >audio than TDMA/GSM(a version of TDMA)/AMPS phones. Some good AMPS
    >connections were better than many Cingular 850 overlay GSM connections. I
    >get better GSM on ATTWS and T-Mobile, but it still isn't better than my SPCS
    >Nokia 3588i. I have been forced to refuse the Cell Barr in the bad 850
    >Cingular locations to get TDMA. I'm not grinding an axe, I just call it as
    >I hear it. If you haven't had CDMA service, you don't have any right to
    >comment on CDMA service. I have never seen any comments on the sound being
    >tinny either.


    Look you can grind your axe til the cows come home it won't change the
    fact that 1 billion subscribers world-wide have adopted GSM as the
    mobile standard that they use. CDMA has approximately 100,000
    subscribers mainly in North America and Korea with another bunch of
    subscribers in Australia and New Zealand. If the 1 billion
    subscribers are wrong they'll just have to tough it out.

    I *have* used both Sprint and Verizon service and to my ear they
    sounded metalic and unnatural. That's *my* experience. I don't claim
    to have your experience and I don't claim that my audio preferences
    are yours. It's been said many times, but people don't seem to hear
    it that people perceive what's "better" differently. My perception is
    that CDMA sounds metalic. That may not be your experience. Don't
    forget that it's also about what handset you are using what you
    experience.
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  9. #9
    Brsmnky007
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    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion


    CDMA has approximately 100,000
    > subscribers mainly in North America and Korea with another bunch of
    > subscribers in Australia and New Zealand.


    I think that CDMA may have a few more than that; Verizon alone has ~38
    million subscribers, Sprint PCS ~21 million. Once one factors in US
    Cellular, Western Wireless, Alltel, etc. the number is probably closer to
    100 Million subscribers; perhaps you just made a typo.





  10. #10
    Richie
    Guest

    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    CDMA in China uses SIM card and you can change handset just as easily as
    GSM.

    Technology wise, this is a VHS/Betamax type debate. Who cares what
    technology is used so long as the cost is affordable to the consumer? We
    all know that the superior technology does not always win.

    I love GSM because I can travel anywhere and just buy a prepaid SIM card.
    For a consumer's point of view, this saves me money. I like the fact that
    I can buy any phone and pop in my SIM card. I can travel around the world
    with GSM and be in touch for little cost.

    CDMA is a more efficient way to manage the available spectrum. For 2G is
    does not really matter but, in order to have 3G, you have to have CDMA
    (either CDMA2000 or WCDMA).

    I don't use internet on mobile phone because it costs too much. If someone
    else pays for me (i.e. my employer) then fine. In the mean time, I'll stick
    with GSM.

    Cingular gives me good coverage and I'm happy with it (I use about 3,500
    minutes per month). Verizon's supposed, but not proven, better coverage is
    not worth the extra cost to me. BTW, coverage has nothing to do with the
    technology but with how extensive the network is. In Singapore, GSM phones
    work everywhere -- in the subway, in hotel lifts, in the basement, etc...




    "Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 01:40:27 GMT, "Chris Russell"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >You may think so John, but I have both and hands down the Sprint CDMA

    phone
    > >has much better audio. Both are current Nokia models, so audio

    capabilities
    > >are pretty even. GSM offers no benefit over CDMA. In fact , why are

    the
    > >European carriers trying to amend their GSM-only laws to install the CDMA
    > >overlay for GSM?

    >
    > Like everything else people have their differing opinions. Your
    > opinion is no more or less important than anyone else's. CDMA for
    > one thing requires that you program a phone rather than program a
    > SIM/smart card. You are basically married to a phone until you either
    > call your provider to change your ESN or use some other facility to
    > change the ESN for your current phone.
    >
    > And European carriers are not trying to amend their GSM only laws.
    > CDMA is or will be the next step to GSM's path to 3G. GSM is not
    > going away if that's what you are inferring.
    >
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  11. #11
    John Navas
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    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Wed, 25 Feb 2004
    01:40:27 GMT, "Chris Russell" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >You may think so John, but I have both and hands down the Sprint CDMA phone
    >has much better audio. Both are current Nokia models, so audio capabilities
    >are pretty even.


    I've tested lots of CDMA and GSM phones, and the better GSM phones have better
    audio quality than the better CDMA phones in *real-world* conditions. Unlike
    GSM, CDMA quality declines as load increases.

    >GSM offers no benefit over CDMA.


    That's why Cingular and ATTWS migrated to CDMA? ;-)

    >In fact , why are the
    >European carriers trying to amend their GSM-only laws to install the CDMA
    >overlay for GSM?


    Citation?

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  12. #12
    N9WOS
    Guest

    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion



    > Oh really? That's why about 50 million people in the US use CDMA because
    > the sound is tinny? Hogwash!


    Yes it is hogwash. :-)

    Q: The reason that CDMA is used in the USA......

    A: Some greedy idiots sold a vapor ware system that
    can't live up to it's advertised capabilities.
    Hint, the company name starts with "Q"

    The people selling the TDMA systems already had
    a working product and they was shipping it.
    A non proprietary system that was open to anyone.
    Kinda like GSM.

    The people that owned the CDMA patents needed
    a killer app for their proprietary tech.
    But they couldn't find anything beyond government
    applications that was well suited for the CDMA tech.
    Poor them, they had a fancy sounding tech that
    wasn't really well cut out for anything big.
    Some idiot in qualcomm's management got the brain fart
    that they could force fit it into a cellular application.

    The had a problem....
    They was only starting on it by the time that TDMA was already hitting the
    shelves.
    So what did they do....
    Sell vaporware!
    They advertised 20X the system capacity over AMPS!
    They got a lot of contracts like that, but the system has never
    lived up to the original sales pitch.
    It has a real world capacity of around 8X to just barely 10X that of AMPS.
    Some ignorant people still quote the 20X figure.

    As the saying goes..
    No mater how high you stack it, or how fancy you dress it, crap is crap.
    The system is hardly changed from it's government predecessor.
    It is not optimized for a cellular system.
    It's attributes is not ideal for the cellular application.
    It is basically a add hock implementation of the technology.

    WCDMA is an even more pathetic implementation of the tech.

    One base requirement of a cellular interface tech is...
    It has to be narrow band by nature.
    OR, if it doesn't fit that requirement.
    It has to be variable bandwidth, in such that it can reduce it's
    Operating bandwidth to equal a narrow band system, when required.
    Or expand it's operating bandwidth to the entire band, when required.

    That can achieve a true maximum utilization of available spectrum,
    Unlike the fixed 5Mhz chunks that WCDMA bites off.

    The tech can still be CDMA, but it has to be optimized to it's application.
    And that is something that they are not doing.

    And if anyone thinks that I have an ax to grind.
    YOU BET YA!!!!!!
    When I looked over the history of CDMA, It gave me a big fat ax to grind.

    We do NOT need WCDMA, in the way that they are implementing it.
    The lack of common sense in making a 5Mhz fixed bandwidth if unbelievable.
    Any section of bandwidth that can't be divided evenly into that size will
    have
    A large amount of wasted bandwidth.
    It is almost impossible to interwork it with other technologies.
    And when you use it by it's self, it can't fully utilize
    the noncontiguous allocations in the US cell band.
    The extended cell band will be totally worthless with WCDMA.

    Even normal CDMA has problems with it's 1.2Mhz bandwidth.
    It is just a bad implementation of an inadequate technology.

    And the voice quality has nothing to do with the transport tech,
    and everything to do with the codec and dedicated bandwidth.
    A good codec can be applied to any transport tech,
    and you will get high quality sound.

    Qualcomm could be commended for making good low data rate
    vocorders (codecs), but their over the air transport system sucks.
    And a half way good GSM codec at high data rates
    will outshine any CDMA codec at low data rates.





  13. #13

    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:06:39 -0800, Joseph <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    <snip>

    >CDMA has approximately 100,000
    >subscribers mainly in North America and Korea with another bunch of
    >subscribers in Australia and New Zealand.

    <snip>

    Maybe you might want to recheck those numbers?



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  14. #14
    Chris Russell
    Guest

    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    Better check your math Joseph, there a few more than "100,000". Oh yes they
    have to change the law in Europe as overlaying the WCDMA over GSM, it
    totally changes the air interface to spread spectrum. We'll have this
    argument forever since you refuse to accept the fact that GSM proliferated
    due to GSM-only laws in many of the countries outside North America. Just
    because more people use it doesn't make it better.

    Chris

    "Joseph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 02:46:20 GMT, "Chris Russell"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > >Oh really? That's why about 50 million people in the US use CDMA because
    > >the sound is tinny? Hogwash! Every CDMA phone I have used gave much

    truer
    > >audio than TDMA/GSM(a version of TDMA)/AMPS phones. Some good AMPS
    > >connections were better than many Cingular 850 overlay GSM connections.

    I
    > >get better GSM on ATTWS and T-Mobile, but it still isn't better than my

    SPCS
    > >Nokia 3588i. I have been forced to refuse the Cell Barr in the bad 850
    > >Cingular locations to get TDMA. I'm not grinding an axe, I just call it

    as
    > >I hear it. If you haven't had CDMA service, you don't have any right to
    > >comment on CDMA service. I have never seen any comments on the sound

    being
    > >tinny either.

    >
    > Look you can grind your axe til the cows come home it won't change the
    > fact that 1 billion subscribers world-wide have adopted GSM as the
    > mobile standard that they use. CDMA has approximately 100,000
    > subscribers mainly in North America and Korea with another bunch of
    > subscribers in Australia and New Zealand. If the 1 billion
    > subscribers are wrong they'll just have to tough it out.
    >
    > I *have* used both Sprint and Verizon service and to my ear they
    > sounded metalic and unnatural. That's *my* experience. I don't claim
    > to have your experience and I don't claim that my audio preferences
    > are yours. It's been said many times, but people don't seem to hear
    > it that people perceive what's "better" differently. My perception is
    > that CDMA sounds metalic. That may not be your experience. Don't
    > forget that it's also about what handset you are using what you
    > experience.
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  15. #15
    Chris Russell
    Guest

    Re: GSM Users Reach 1 Billion

    Try going a little bit off the beaten path and then what are you going to do
    with your GSM-only phone? Verizon will beat you hands down in that
    situation as will my Nokia 6340i on a GAIT Nation plan. BTW, this is the US
    not Singapore. Both my 6340i and my SPCS Nokia 3588i have SIM card slots
    below the battery.

    Chris

    "Richie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:8v5%[email protected]...
    > CDMA in China uses SIM card and you can change handset just as easily as
    > GSM.
    >
    > Technology wise, this is a VHS/Betamax type debate. Who cares what
    > technology is used so long as the cost is affordable to the consumer? We
    > all know that the superior technology does not always win.
    >
    > I love GSM because I can travel anywhere and just buy a prepaid SIM card.
    > For a consumer's point of view, this saves me money. I like the fact

    that
    > I can buy any phone and pop in my SIM card. I can travel around the world
    > with GSM and be in touch for little cost.
    >
    > CDMA is a more efficient way to manage the available spectrum. For 2G is
    > does not really matter but, in order to have 3G, you have to have CDMA
    > (either CDMA2000 or WCDMA).
    >
    > I don't use internet on mobile phone because it costs too much. If

    someone
    > else pays for me (i.e. my employer) then fine. In the mean time, I'll

    stick
    > with GSM.
    >
    > Cingular gives me good coverage and I'm happy with it (I use about 3,500
    > minutes per month). Verizon's supposed, but not proven, better coverage

    is
    > not worth the extra cost to me. BTW, coverage has nothing to do with the
    > technology but with how extensive the network is. In Singapore, GSM

    phones
    > work everywhere -- in the subway, in hotel lifts, in the basement, etc...






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