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Until about a year and a half ago there was no provider in the US for GSM. I Had to have two phones when travelling outside the united states. Now with GSM, I can travel outside the united states, keep my number and be always connected. Also with smart cards like the sim car, this is the future. the goal it seems it to be able to have banking transactions, movie rentals and other functions throught hte use of a smart card. Since CDMA and TDMA do not use smart cards it will be difficult to implement this in the US without the major networks migrating to the GSM standard.
In fact ATT and Cingular are now migrating their networks, i think there will be a consolidation in the US mobile market. In fact, I heard a rumor that ATT and VS where in merger talks, but have not hear anything about this in a while.
The United States thought it could impose the CDMA TDMA standard on Europe, but it was not able to do this and this is why we are lagging in the mobile market. US carriers are now taking steps backward in order to catch up to where Europe was 10 years ago, but soon and I hope this is true Europe and th US will be on the same systems so that they can do research and development together, it will only benefit us all.
These are just one layman's thoughts
what do you guys think
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Posted: 2002-08-18 04:35:00
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Actually, Pacific Bell offered GSM service for more than over a year in Southern California, I'm not sure for how long.
My girl friend still has a Pacific Bell SIM card that's at least over two or three years old for her old breaking down Nokia that is held together by Scotch tape
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Posted: 2002-08-18 04:46:00
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