When in Roam ...
BDAZ,
<< SIM cards are soon to be a thing of the past. Roaming without SIM cards will be the future, and soon. >>
You can roam without a SIM (USIM, R-UIM) on CDMA (not WCDMA) networks today. While you have more selection than you did a few years back Your choiced of where you can roam is severly limited, and not just because of the comparatively limited footprint of CDMA on a global scale.
<< Multi mode chip handsets that can roam on all networks are the future. Garbage will be full of sim cards. That's when it's game over. >>
If one of those modes is CDMA, and others are GSM w/wo WCDMA) a SIM or USIM is required to roam onto a GSM and/or WCDMA network.
<< Doing away with SIMS for world wide roaming will be one of the coming wireless technology enhancements. >>
You are misinformed. A SIM or USIM (or R-UIM or UICC) is required to roam onto a GSM and/or WCDMA network, and that requirement is not going away. QUALCOMM fought that battle in 1998 and on into 1999. They lost, and moved on, which is what one does when one lose's a battle. They developed SIM expertise, and support SIM I/O and 'plastic roaming.'
All UMTS (WCDMA) handsets produced by QUALCOMM's value chain, and using QUALCOMM multi-mode chipsets, use a USIM. When in Roam, do as the Roamans do.
Slacker asked ...
Also, would you care to place a wager on that?
If you are in a wagering mood, I'll take some of that action. <ggg>
Stakes? Terms? Time Frames?
- Eric - |
