In terms of global connection, GSM has always been pretty dominant. In the U.S. we have had both GSM (AT&T / T-Mobile) and CDMA (Sprint / Verizon). With LTE picking up steam across the U.S and the globe, it is only a matter of time before CDMA network services fall by the wayside. Verizon has been implementing their LTE network across the states and it is growing stronger by the day. Soon, CDMA will be all but a memory.
In an Investor Conference Verizon’s Fran Shammo let a small bit of information out. We should all expect to see the first set of LET-only devices hitting the carrier by the first half of 2016. That is just about 2 years after Verizon launched LTE voice service. This doesn’t mean that a switch will be flipped and if you don’t get a new device you are screwed. While the first set of LTE-only devices will be launching, the current network and devices will still play nice. We imagine it will take a couple of years to phase out the sales of CDMA devices and get everyone migrated to new technology.
Source: Engadget
