cornedbeef007-groups@yahoo.com.au wrote:
>>> CDMA could do this when it was installed. It was ahead of it's time
>> Was SMS available at launch? I have a feeling it wasnt, it was a few months
>> off
>
> The CDMA system was capable of SMS at launch, but Telstra didn't
> install "all" of CDMA for the launch.
>
> SMS capabilty was added to the Telstra CDMA network after launch.
>
> Come to think of it, SMS wasn't available at launch of GSM either!!!

Different situation. By the time CDMA got here, customers were very well
accustomed to having SMS as they had on GSM, and expected the same on CDMA.