Verizon and Vodafone to launch LTE trial in 2008
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Homer J @ Nov 29th 2007 10:02AM
What has happened at VZW over the past 12 months is the best indicator I have seen in a while that competition works. They are moving from a company whose business practices I loathed (and yes I use their service) to one thats actually looking pretty progressive. I still wouldn't hold my breath for a perfect solution from them given their history.
I guess we have Google to thank for this.
Jon Olsen @ Nov 29th 2007 10:44AM
Is LTE a replacement for CDMA or is it only a broadband system? Is LTE poised to replace both CDMA and GSM as a new global standard?
Ed @ Nov 29th 2007 11:12AM
I think it's a replacement for HSPA
ojfl @ Nov 29th 2007 11:36AM
Both CDMA and HSPA can evolve to LTE.
Josh @ Nov 29th 2007 11:41AM
So will consumers be able to try out the LTE?
I'd love to have a Tilt on verizon.
KC @ Nov 29th 2007 2:45PM
Well for all those wondering what "meeting certain specifications" meant in Verizon's "any device" on our network "by the END OF 2008" here is your answer.
I bet they made that announcement yesterday to grab press but all they really meant was that since SIM cards are part of the LTE specification, all they were really saying is that if you can come up with an unlocked LTE device that is compatible with however Verizon's LTE network you can go ahead and use it just the way every GSM carrier on Earth has been doing since the dawn of GSM.
here's your "devil in the details" engadget.
Frankenstein Black @ Nov 29th 2007 4:20PM
I don’t see Verizon EVER relinquishing the type of control they have with MIN/ESN type (subscriber to device) bonding. They will never get use to giving subscribers the ability to migrate subscription (via SIM swapping) from device to device (i.e. GSM, HSDPA, SPEC-LTE running on at&t, t-mobile, even vodafone and 95% of the other global operators). It is just not in their nature! Instead they will devise a scheme to create “bastardized, abomination devices” that have imbedded/hard-coded SIM data (IMSI, ICCID, Ki, etc). YOU WATCH!
Darkest Daze @ Nov 29th 2007 4:40PM
I think the most interesting thing will be whether Verizon decides to raise their bandwidth cap above 5GB's when they offer 100mbps speeds. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't though.