Comments on: MetroPCS announces 4G LTE plans

By: UNLIMITED TECH

UNLIMITED TECH — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:38:30 +0000

LTE?? BOTH Of you Are right & Wrong.. Yes its Related to GSM 1st of ALL but NO lol CDMA is not “DOOMED”? PLEASE!! Let Me Break it Down 4 EveryOne.

1)THe UNITED STATES have the “BIG 4″ ALMost The BIG 5 With MEtro Pcs After it Transfers To 4G.

2) BIG 4 AT&T & T-Mobile are GSM

3) Verizon / Metro Pcs / Sprint:Nextel Out rule GSM Here in THe U.S

Is ANYONE inventing / Creating a HYBRID of BOTH GSM & CDMA SO EveryOne CAn Merge in There Own Markets or Atleast Use Phones From Other Companies.

P.S That will Be Great.. A HYBRID of Both GSM / CDMA..

LTE is headin toward That direction i hope?

ANy Comment Please ASk..

Go Unlimited Metro PCs With THere TouCh Screen / BlackBerry!!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:43:44 +0000

LTE is closer to GSM in name only. And now it’s also a CDMA evolution. Both GSM and CDMA must change dramatically to use it.

LTE uses a totally different air interface than GSM or CDMA… and a totally different backend protocol.

Therefore, just as with non-3G areas, LTE phones will be able to fall back to their carrier’s original protocols, whether GSM or CDMA. So both types will be around for a fairly long time.

By: Will Park

Will Park — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:46:56 +0000

LTE is an evolution of UMTS and in that regard is closer to GSM than CDMA.

Actually, it’s W-CDMA that you are referring to. Nevertheless, CDMA is doomed.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:42:34 +0000

Yet another myth repeated way too often. LTE isn’t related to GSM in any way, except for the committees behind it.

LTE isn’t native to either GSM or CDMA networks. It’s a totally different protocol, both for the air and backend interfaces. WiMax is actually closer to LTE.

And in case you didn’t know it, GSM already had to go with CDMA for 3G.

How about getting some engineers to write these articles?