GSM networks are the global standard. Unfortunately, carriers invested in the “betamax” of wireless network technology are feeling the crunch of relying on the CDMA network standard. To that end, Telus is the latest carrier rumored to be contemplating a switch to the world-compatible GSM technology.
The Star reports that Telus executives are considering building-out an entirely new network “as early as this year,” citing industry sources. The network change-up, which could cost Telus upwards of $500 million, “has been presented at the board level and is being actively considered.”
Telus’s switch to GSM would de-throne Rogers Wireless as Canada’s excusive GSM provider, and open the door to a whole new range of mobile phones that are usually launched in GSM-form first. We’ll be keeping an ear to the ground on this one.
[Via: The Star]