Don't know what you mean by "everyone's going to gsm, finally".
GSM is a 2G technology, and is finally (though still slowly) being supplanted/phased out in favor of UMTS (3G). (The underlying air interfaces are TDMA and W-CDMA, respectively).
I think what you are referring to is the fact that LTE is rapidly gaining ground as the de facto "universal" 4G technology, with even the likes of Verizon Wireless (a CDMA2000 partner) opting for it, rather than continuing on the CDMA2000 roadmap. (Most likely since they were bought out by Vodafone). Still, actual deployment is years away. Obsolescence of their existing CDMA/EVDO networks is even further into the future. It does not look like they will use the SIM standard, for instance, so you probably will not be able to buy a handset and expect it to work on either AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon or Sprint anytime soon.
By then, health concerns over wireless technology (incl. microwave ovens) will have come to bear, incl. links to alzheimers, autism, etc, - and we'll all be using pay phones again. :*)
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Eh, there goes my dream of having a truly standard digital tv standard (see what I did there?)
I can hope that 10 years from now everybody will focus on a free, available everywhere standard, kinda like everyone's going to gsm, finally.
Don't know what you mean by "everyone's going to gsm, finally".
GSM is a 2G technology, and is finally (though still slowly) being supplanted/phased out in favor of UMTS (3G). (The underlying air interfaces are TDMA and W-CDMA, respectively).
I think what you are referring to is the fact that LTE is rapidly gaining ground as the de facto "universal" 4G technology, with even the likes of Verizon Wireless (a CDMA2000 partner) opting for it, rather than continuing on the CDMA2000 roadmap. (Most likely since they were bought out by Vodafone). Still, actual deployment is years away. Obsolescence of their existing CDMA/EVDO networks is even further into the future. It does not look like they will use the SIM standard, for instance, so you probably will not be able to buy a handset and expect it to work on either AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon or Sprint anytime soon.
By then, health concerns over wireless technology (incl. microwave ovens) will have come to bear, incl. links to alzheimers, autism, etc, - and we'll all be using pay phones again. :*)