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Depends. On the one hand we would have even less competition in an already-oligopolistic market. On the other, it would possibly give a new entrant a shot to re
by roymurdock 10y ago
Depends. On the one hand we would have even less competition in an already-oligopolistic market. On the other, it would possibly give a new entrant a shot to rebuild a company with better culture, more innovation, focus on product rather than profit (at least in the short run).
- digi_owl 10y agoI dunno. Seems to me that USA has a problem of too many technologies. Best i can tell, one reason Verizon has the position it has, is that its main network is CMDA2k based, smack dab in the butter zone of mobile frequencies. This means that they have massive coverage, and customers can't easily up and switch carriers like they can with GSM lineage tech. One reason the iPhone "exploded" was that it was a GSM phone, thus all you needed was a firmware hack (jailbreak) to operate it outside of USA. Had it initially been a CDMA2k phone, it would have not gotten the gray market attention as it would have been completely inoperable in Europe etc.
- tshtf 10y agoVerizon's main network _was_ CDMA2000 based. Now over 90% of traffic is over LTE and CMDA2000 will be sunset in a couple of years: https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2016/07/15/verizon-to-shut-down-2g-cdma2000-1x-network-by-end-2019/ https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/...