CDMA in south africa

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is it true that vodacom will soon be launching a CDMA network that will enable the use of CDMA phones in South Africa?

 

[nGAGEd55]

is it true that vodacom will soon be launching a CDMA network that will enable the use of CDMA phones in South Africa?

You mean 3G? well that has been around for quite a while

 

[alchamy]

3G is W-CDMA as far as I understand, I do not think you can use normal CDMA phones on the network.

 

[nGAGEd55]

3G is W-CDMA as far as I understand, I do not think you can use normal CDMA phones on the network.

True, just checked on wikipedia, there it says that CDMA is part of 2.75G, but there's also a version that's part of 3G which isn't W-CDMA

 

[TowerGuru]

lemmme ask my dad Chuck Norris... hold up a bit

 

[vodacom3g]

is it true that vodacom will soon be launching a CDMA network that will enable the use of CDMA phones in South Africa?

No, would not make sense. With GSM and W-CDMA, we're pretty much at the leading edge of current mobile technology.

Next big step (not soon though) will be some OFDM-based technology. Reaching towards 100Mb/s!

 

[dghough91]

No, would not make sense. With GSM and W-CDMA, we're pretty much at the leading edge of current mobile technology.

Next big step (not soon though) will be some OFDM-based technology. Reaching towards 100Mb/s!

Exactly... no need for CDMA, as it is a step behind 3G.

 

[discourse]

hmph! now what to do with these treo 650's i brought back from the states with me ... well, i will send em to friends as gifts or something.