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• Getting To Know GSM and CDMA Networks

  

  In the wireless cellular phones arena, there are two large and competing networks. One of the competitors is Code Division Multiple Access or CDMA and the other is Global System for Mobile Communications, better known as GSM. These technologies are used by the various cellular carriers to provide service to the consumer. Each network is distinct, but as time goes by they are changing and acquiring characteristics that make them, in many cases, indistinguishable. Proponents of either architecture claim that theirs is superior, but it is important to understand and compare both technologies. GSM is the older technology, insofar as it has been around since 1987. QUALCOMM in the United States developed CDMA which has become the more dominant and widely used network in North America. Both GSM a...

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