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Virtually all Verizon phones sold today support GSM (voice), GPRS and or EDGE (data,) WCDMA (voice and data), LTE data with VoLTE (voice over data) or data fallback. [LTE = Long Term Evolution]
Provided the phone is unlocked it will operate on one or more GSM, WCDMA, or LTE networks anywhere on the globe. The particular frequency band the phone will operate on becomees important in determining where it can be used .
CDMA is an obsolete legacy 2nd and 3rd generation mobile wireless air interface technology that is being phased out rapidly in the few countries that still support it (which include the US, Canada and China) on some networks to carry voice or for fallback coverage in rural areas. It is rapidly becoming extinct on a global scale. The last vestiges, really, are here Canada and China. Now virtually extinct in Korea where it was first implemented in 1994 and in Latin America wheer it had strength at the turn of the last century before GSM and WCDMA took over.
A few CDMA and GSM virtual holy warriors still live on
Cheers, - Eric L. - |
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