“The talks with Reliance Communications Ltd. and Tata Teleservices Ltd. –which offer mobile phone services based on CDMA technology–come soon after news that Apple is making a version of its iPhone that Verizon Wireless will sell early next year in the U.S. Verizon Wireless offers mobile phone services based on CDMA technology,” Guha and Krishna report. “Tata has been in talks with them [Apple] for four to five months now,” said one person familiar with the negotiations. ‘This has been going on as India is a big market for CDMA. It [any launch] should benefit both parties,’ the second person said.”
Guha and Krishna report, “It is unclear though when any launch may take place, these people said… Launching a CDMA phone will give Apple access to more customers in the world’s fastest growing telecom market, which is adding around 18 million users a month. The country currently has about 670 million wireless users, of which roughly 20% use CDMA phones.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If Apple is going to CDMA and adding many new carriers around the world, then the leftovers that Google, RIM, Nokia, Microsoft, etc. are fighting for will amount to nothing more than a few crumbs.
Tomorrow the world
Tomorrow the world
The world is not enough
The world is not enough
“This has been going on as India is a big market for CDMA.”
What’s this? According to a few of our experts around here, CDMA is dead technology used by a tiny minority. GSM is the global standard and it makes no sense (or cents) for Apple to build a CDMA iPhone.
“This has been going on as India is a big market for CDMA.”
What’s this? According to a few of our experts around here, CDMA is dead technology used by a tiny minority. GSM is the global standard and it makes no sense (or cents) for Apple to build a CDMA iPhone.
It makes a lot of sense for Apple to make a CDMA phone.
It would also make sense for apple to make a “Dumb” phone out of an iPod with bluetooth tethering to an iPad/MacBook.
An iPod nano phone could take a big part of the “Dumb” phone market and compete with Nokia, Samsung, Moto, etc… in a whole other market, especially in less developed parts of the world where folks have less cash to drop on a “Smart” phone.
It makes a lot of sense for Apple to make a CDMA phone.
It would also make sense for apple to make a “Dumb” phone out of an iPod with bluetooth tethering to an iPad/MacBook.
An iPod nano phone could take a big part of the “Dumb” phone market and compete with Nokia, Samsung, Moto, etc… in a whole other market, especially in less developed parts of the world where folks have less cash to drop on a “Smart” phone.
Apple needs to spend some of their money to be the first “free wifi” on the moon.
Apple needs to spend some of their money to be the first “free wifi” on the moon.
Hearing this for long Apple is not serious abt INdia
Hearing this for long Apple is not serious abt INdia
If Krishna says so, it must be true.
If Krishna says so, it must be true.
apple is taking over all country
all your base are belong to us
multi trillion dollar market cap in 10 years
apple is taking over all country
all your base are belong to us
multi trillion dollar market cap in 10 years
CDMA rules
CDMA rules
CDMA SUX!
GSM is the way to go. 3.5 BILLION PEOPLE CAN’T BE WRONG!
CDMA SUX!
GSM is the way to go. 3.5 BILLION PEOPLE CAN’T BE WRONG!