http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/prepaid-services/will-regional-carriers-go-with-wimax-or-lte-35476/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/prepaid-services/will-regional-carriers-go-with-wimax-or-lte-35476/comment-page-1/#comment-51241 Kel Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:10:27 +0000 http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/?p=1295#comment-51241 Hi Joe, I may be mistaking, but LTE is really based on wideband CDMA (at least the data portion), and a combination of CDMA & GSM for voice. Since it's almost certain that at some point in the near future voice traffic will also be carried over data platform (VOIP), Verizon's not taking a very "big step." As far as AT&T, their 3G network (HSDPA) is based on UMTS which uses W-CDMA as the underlaying air interface. Hi Joe,
I may be mistaking, but LTE is really based on wideband CDMA (at least the data portion), and a combination of CDMA & GSM for voice. Since it’s almost certain that at some point in the near future voice traffic will also be carried over data platform (VOIP), Verizon’s not taking a very “big step.” As far as AT&T, their 3G network (HSDPA) is based on UMTS which uses W-CDMA as the underlaying air interface.

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