On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:10:02 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in <4579c6a4$0$82534$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>... However the story is different in Korea, where
>it's relatively easy to use a CDMA phone, as well as in China, India,
>etc. New CDMA networks are being deployed in a lot of countries, and
>coverage is expanding in existing countries. It's not that these
>countries were so keen on a second standard, but in the densely
>populated countries, they needed the higher efficiency of CDMA.

In fact CDMA2000 is on the decline, but in and out of the USA; e.g.,
signs that India may switch from CDMA2000 to GSM.

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