OT: Telus "3G" network?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 11:19:53AM -0800, Tyler Aviss wrote:
> I notice that Telus is currently advertising that they have "Canada's
> largest 3G+ network".
> 
> http://www.telusmobility.com/en/ON/network/about.shtml
> 
> It then goes on to talk about their HSPA+ network and "3GPP" SIM cards.
> 
> There are wikipedia articles on 3G and HSPA here:
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_Packet_Access
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G
> 
> 
> I had thought that 3G was tied to GSM networks (telus being CDMA or
> AFAIK moving towards upgrades through WCDMA). Can somebody relieve me
> of confusion on this? How do 3G, GDM, (w)CDMA, and SIM cards etc all
> relate to each other?

Apparently Telus and Bell are going to HSPA+ and will in fact support
GSM phones that support that.  This of course means rogers will no
longer be to only carier that can deal with roaming users from the rest
of the world.  I believe all 3 intend to roll out LTE (or whatever 4G
is called).  Perhaps someone finally realizes that being tied to a
single supplier (Qualcomm) with a bad attitude isn't good for business
long term, and that being able to have your users roam anywhere in the
world is profitable.

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