Nokia resumes own production of cdma phones (cdma is vibrant)

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carcarx - 05 May 2008 21:39 GMT

For those stating that cdma is dying and therefore Nokia abandoned
making its own phones for cdma,
cdma must be very vibrant, as Nokia is resuming making its own phones
for cdma, again.

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL057355820080505

(The parent discussion was in alt.cellular.cingular October 2006)

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Todd Allcock - 05 May 2008 22:37 GMT

> For those stating that cdma is dying and therefore Nokia abandoned
> making its own phones for cdma,
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> (The parent discussion was in alt.cellular.cingular October 2006)

In reality, I think it was the Broadcomm licensing litigation that convinced
Nokia to stop making CDMA models, rather than any impending doom of CDMA.
Now that the Broadcomm matter is apparently out of the way, there's no
reason Nokia shouldn't vie for dominance of the US CDMA market, particularly
with Motorola's current troubles.

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Larry - 05 May 2008 23:51 GMT

> Now that the Broadcomm matter is apparently out of the way, there's no
> reason Nokia shouldn't vie for dominance of the US CDMA market,
> particularly with Motorola's current troubles.

This may be the END of Motorola.....

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Steve Sobol - 06 May 2008 00:31 GMT

>> particularly with Motorola's current troubles.
>
> This may be the END of Motorola.....

Nah. Motorola still make a decent CDMA phones. For many, many years before
they outsourced to Pantech, Nokia CDMA phones SUCKED a.s and Nokia showed
no interest in making them work properly. (Been there, done that.)

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Todd Allcock - 06 May 2008 00:46 GMT

>> This may be the END of Motorola.....
>
> Nah. Motorola still make a decent CDMA phones. For many, many years before
> they outsourced to Pantech, Nokia CDMA phones SUCKED a.s and Nokia showed
> no interest in making them work properly. (Been there, done that.)

Yeah, Nokia built a bunch of crummy CDMA handsets, particularly when they
insisted on using their own chipsets to avoid using Qualcomm.

Hopefully they'll get it right this time...

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Steve Sobol - 06 May 2008 02:27 GMT

>> Nah. Motorola still make a decent CDMA phones. For many, many years before
>> they outsourced to Pantech, Nokia CDMA phones SUCKED a.s and Nokia showed
>> no interest in making them work properly. (Been there, done that.)
>
> Yeah, Nokia built a bunch of crummy CDMA handsets, particularly when they
> insisted on using their own chipsets to avoid using Qualcomm.

Of course, Moto DOES have their own issues. If you want me to rant for an hour,
ask me about what happened last year when I sent my PEBL in for repair.

But still, talk of Nokia bumping Moto out of the market is premature, at best.

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Steve Sobol - 06 May 2008 00:30 GMT

> In reality, I think it was the Broadcomm licensing litigation that convinced
> Nokia to stop making CDMA models, rather than any impending doom of CDMA.
> Now that the Broadcomm matter is apparently out of the way, there's no
> reason Nokia shouldn't vie for dominance of the US CDMA market, particularly
> with Motorola's current troubles.

I think it started before that, due to Qualcomm's stiff fees. Hopefully Nokia
won't ignore the market like they used to.

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