Is Sprint Going To Be The Only Remaining CDMA Carrier?

Jeremy · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

I read in another post that Verizon is moving away from CDMA. What are they
going to use? GSM? What about their existing customer base? What will it
cost to convert their towers? How much will that disrupt the reliability of
their network?

Is this all just a rumor, or will Sprint customers be the only ones left on
CDMA? That would eliminate the ability to roam, wouldn't it?

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carcarx · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

On Feb 21, 11:47 am, "Jeremy" wrote:
> I read in another post that Verizon is moving away from CDMA.

It's going to take years.

> What are they
> going to use? GSM?

"GSM" consists of the current 2G (TDMA) and 3G (W-CDMA), and upcoming
LTE (OFDM).
Verizon's said they'll use LTE in the future.

> Is this all just a rumor, or will Sprint customers be the only ones left on
> CDMA? That would eliminate the ability to roam, wouldn't it?

There are multiple CDMA operators that Sprint customers can roam on
(Alltel's a major one in my area),
so roaming will be affected much less than you'd guess.

Jar-Jar Binks · Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 66

>
> There are multiple CDMA operators that Sprint customers can roam on
> (Alltel's a major one in my area),
> so roaming will be affected much less than you'd guess.

This is not true. In many parts of the USA, Verizon is the only roaming
partner especially in the Western USA.

Jerome Zelinske · Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 11

USCellular is also CDMA.

Jeremy wrote:
> I read in another post that Verizon is moving away from CDMA. What are they
> going to use? GSM? What about their existing customer base? What will it
> cost to convert their towers? How much will that disrupt the reliability of
> their network?
>
> Is this all just a rumor, or will Sprint customers be the only ones left on
> CDMA? That would eliminate the ability to roam, wouldn't it?
>
>

carcarx · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 2

On Feb 22, 7:44 pm, "Jar-Jar Binks" wrote:
> > There are multiple CDMA operators that Sprint customers can roam on
> > (Alltel's a major one in my area),
> > so roaming will be affected much less than you'd guess.
>
> This is not true. In many parts of the USA, Verizon is the only roaming
> partner especially in the Western USA.

What's the population density of the majority of those areas
in which Verizon is the only other CDMA carrier?

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