OT: Telus "3G" network?

[Dave Cramer]

They've change to GSM

Dave

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> 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?
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