In article <47518c0f$0$84214$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, SMS
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> 4phun wrote:
>
> > The GSM family of standards is used by about 80 percent of the world's
> > mobile phones--and by major carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, Vodafone,
> > and virtually every other European carrier.
>
> Of course you realize that the LTE standard for data is all based on
> CDMA, just a different flavor of CDMA.

The essence of what he wrote is correct. Verizon is taking an evolution
to 4G which will be compatible with most of the world's carriers. They
could have chosen a different evolution to 4G, one not compatible with
the GSM evolution. I think they made the right choice.

--
Charles