A couple of comments were of interest of late on telco related forums:
The proposed 3G system WCDMA is a more common standard than CDMA with EVDO, on
the 800Mhz band its coverage is to be "respectable" ie bit less than CDMA, far
better than GSM.
As they need the 800Mhz band this is also why CDMA must die as they need the
spectrum space.
3G will allow for better international roaming agreements, except for Kiwis with
CDMA.
In theory 3G has better data throughput, in practice in a moderately loaded
system EVDO is better in real terms for download speed.
But perhaps the real reason...
CDMA costs ~3-4 times the cost of GSM in CAPEX
3G WCDMA is far cheaper to implement than a CDMA EVDO system, particularly when
it is applied everywhere.
Currently lots of opinions floating about probably all best consumed with the
proverbial grain of salt.
3 more years of indecision with gaining a reasonable rural RF data service
<sigh>
Cheers
Don
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