Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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In my opinion, Voda owning a chunk in VZ has lead VZ in the right direction with LTE. A european based company will help keep VZ on track for rolling out a network that is world-compatible.
If you ask me, European owned or not, the fact that here in the US were so far behind the 3G trail to begin with, I dont think that International influence will help much if at all. T-mobile for instance, T-mobile American not even offering mobile broadband services of any kind whereas T-mobile UK offers all sorts those kinds of services. My point is that even with international influence, the chance that the US will catch up to Europe in the mobile advancements period will be a longshot. Besides, as the supports of LTE have already said, with Verizon being among them, LTE wont be ready for atleast 3 years to come.
As far as world-compatabile goes, for that to happen, we here in the US would need to adopt the 2100mhz spectrum of 3G wireless if your looking to gain all around world compatabile.