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Saturday, October 21, 2006
Is cdma2000 3G?
The CDMA camp has the recent years claimed cdma2000 (1X, EV-DO etc) is real 3G. It's been very clear at exhibits that Qualcomm and their customers think so, and this note therefor claims cdma2000 leads with 80% of the 3G market.
Korea was very early on deploying cdma2000 (in practical use before USA), and I was taken back when a business contact I visited in Korea claimed he had 150 kbps while I hadn't even tried out GPRS yet, so at the time I had effectively 9.6 kbps on circuit-switched. That was quite different from the statements of European leadership in mobile that the local "propaganda" claimed at the time.
I'm sure the UMTS/WCDMA camp will say that cdma2000 is not really 3G, but the key point is really that cdma2000 is used way more than WCDMA, and secondly it's been used way longer for content and information services.
Does that still mean it's true 3G? I don't know, and I probably don't care either. The value of technology is only in its use and applicability.
Does cdma2000 have a chance in Europe? I don't think so. Too much is invested in WCDMA.
CDMA2000 Providers Claim 3G Lead - Yahoo! News
Korea was very early on deploying cdma2000 (in practical use before USA), and I was taken back when a business contact I visited in Korea claimed he had 150 kbps while I hadn't even tried out GPRS yet, so at the time I had effectively 9.6 kbps on circuit-switched. That was quite different from the statements of European leadership in mobile that the local "propaganda" claimed at the time.
I'm sure the UMTS/WCDMA camp will say that cdma2000 is not really 3G, but the key point is really that cdma2000 is used way more than WCDMA, and secondly it's been used way longer for content and information services.
Does that still mean it's true 3G? I don't know, and I probably don't care either. The value of technology is only in its use and applicability.
Does cdma2000 have a chance in Europe? I don't think so. Too much is invested in WCDMA.
CDMA2000 Providers Claim 3G Lead - Yahoo! News
