Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

[Kenny Lussier]

Sprint is a mix of both CDMA and PCS. In not sure what their Nextel phones
are using these days.

But the use of LTE has nothing to do with the telephony transport. There is
also TD-LTE, but that is mostly APAC.
On Jul 30, 2013 10:30 AM, "Thomas Charron" <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Kenny Lussier <klussier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > But LTE is the data network, not the telephony network. VzW is still a
> > CDMA network, AT&T and T-Mo are still GSM, and Sprint is still
> > PCS/GSM. So, unless the phone is data-only, and uses no telephony
> > protocol, it needs to have a CDMA, TDMA, GSM/UMTS, or PCS radio.
>
>   Not correct.  Most importantly, Sprint is CDMA.  All providers are
> rolling out LTE.  VoLTE exists, and Verizon is pushing heavily to
> moving to an all LTE network capability starting next year.
>
>   And TDMA doesn't really exist in the US anymore.
>
> --
> -- Thomas
>
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