Chaz,
<< latest news (if any) is on the use of SIM cards or the equivalent with CDMA? >>
B. Nadelson has responded to you with one of the best and most current article I know of on the status of SIM (RUIM) in CDMA. It was published about 2 weeks before the great Perry LaForge "No Show" at the GSM World Congress. As you remember, Terry Yen of CDG, who is quoted in the article also could not make Cannes for personal reasons.
Since the article was published there has not been any earth shattering news about the incorporation of a SIM/RUIM in CDMA with 3 exceptions:
* It was reported from Cannes that "Speaking via phone from the Philippines, Yen noted that the first cdmaOne handsets equipped with SIM card slots should be out later this year, potentially enabling cdmaOne subscribers to put their SIM cards into GSM phones for international roaming, PROVIDED, OF COURSE, THAT APPLICABLE OPERATOR ROAMING AGREEMENTS ARE PUT INTO PLACE. NONETHELESS, Yen notes, "OUR PRIORITY IN ROAMING IS FIRST AND FOREMOST CDMA TO CDMA." A dual-band cdmaOne phone from Sanyo-enabling 800 MHz roaming across frequencies in Japan, Hong Kong and Korea-is due out in eight weeks. Longer term, Yen says the CDG hopes to work with its GSM counterparts on creating a forum to enable interoperability between third-generation technologies WCDMA and cdma2000."
* In mid February Qualcomm announced a Subscriber Identity Module/Removable Universal Identity Module (SIM/RUIM) card interface as part of their Wireless Internet Launchpad(TM) suite announcement.
* On February 28 Qualcomm announced the MSM5100 chipset for CDMA 1xMC which provides support for a removable user identification module (SIM/R-UIM).
Having missed the planning and information meeting held in Cannes, of the GSM Association Global Roaming Forum which is promoting a framework and guidelines for the deployment of Inter-Standard Roaming with GSM, it will be interesting to see if CDG is represented in this months initial "official" meeting (which I think takes place next week).
- Eric - |
