In article <4773bf0b$0$84195$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, SMS ???? ? wrote:
> Actually, CDMA continues to gain market share at the expense of GSM
> worldwide, and in North America has the largest subscriber base (which
> is why Apple went to Verizon with the iPhone first).
Actually thats not quite true. If it is, why is Verizon going to go
with LTE and not Qualcomm's 4G standard? Also Qualcomm is a greedy
company and charges high licensing fees. GSM is an open standard
whereas CDMA is propietary.
Apple went to Verizon at first as there IS MORE U.S CDMA
customers than GSM customers. APPLE wanted to lock down its Iphone
which is very common on CDMA systems. Verizon, the largest of the CDMA
providers didn't want to play ball, therefore, Apple went to the next
largest market penetration. That would be AT&T/Cingular

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