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IdiOTeQnoLogY · 09-10-2002, 3:38 PM

i must say that the future of GSM in this country looks very very bright. not only are the larger carriers switching over (at&t cingular) but lots of smaller ones as well like Dobson and another post on a West Virginia carrier building out a gsm network launching soon. any word on smaller carriers that are going the cdma route?

being the country is so large having carriers to roam on and network share is vital and so far it looks like the gsm camp is in the lead being that it has three of the top 6 carriers on its side, while 2 of the top 6 are cdma.......nextel is saying they may go cdma in the future but for now at least nothing has been announced.....iDen is here to stay for a bit it seems.

ComicalMoodyDan · 09-10-2002, 6:54 PM

SunCom (Triton PCS) is also going the GSM/GPRS route. I have to agree with you Idiot right now it seems like GSM is getting more in their camp.

IdiOTeQnoLogY · 09-10-2002, 7:31 PM

i really think it is too bad that at&t didn't go the cdma1x route.... oh well.

~~ILUVSOCAL~~ · 09-10-2002, 9:45 PM

Edge Wireless(AT&T affiliate)is also going GSM. Currently they are running a TDMA 1900 network in Northern California, Southern Oregon, Southeastern Idaho, and Southwestern Wyoming. They are going to be testing their GSM network, opening it up to AT&T roaming traffic early next year. They will beging selling it officially next summer here in the Ukiah, CA area, and I'm sure pretty soon after, or before, in the rest of their areas.

www.edgewireless.com

roamer1 · 09-10-2002, 10:16 PM

I don't know of any very small carriers that are switching from IS-136 or analog-only to CDMA. I think a lot of smaller carriers not closely tied to the GSM or CDMA camps will run both but sell only one to local customers, similar to what Western Wireless, Cellular South, and US Cellular do with IS-136 and CDMA in many markets today (they sell only CDMA to new local customers, but still have IS-136 to serve roamers and old local customers.)

One small carrier I know of, Corr Wireless in Alabama, is going GSM...just spotted it on gsmworld.com. Given most of their roaming is to and from Cingular (Corr's 800 MHz system is all but surrounded by Cingular, the Corr family won't sell out, and AFAIK Cingular has no 1900 licenses in Cullman/etc.), I'm not at all surprised... I'd suspect nearly all the small carriers in the Southeast (PSC, Farmers, MobileTel, etc...) will do the same.

Has anyone heard anything about Rural Cellular? I suspect they will go GSM, and *MAY* throw up CDMA carriers to serve roamers from VZW (particularly in AL and MN)... I did recall something about redoing roaming deals with AT&T, Cingular, and T-Mobile (huh?) but that's about it...

-SC

mattwhit · 09-15-2002, 10:56 PM

Cricket Communications is an all you can eat local wireless provider that has adopted CDMA... They are in over 40 markets...

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