Talk:IS-95

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So compared to the GSM discussion, this page is pretty pathetic. I'm surprised.

Yes, this is not very good at all. I think that the CDMAOne technical stuff should be either moved to another article or put in a seperate section, and get some of the readable stuff in the article..unfortunetely I know nothing about the system, and if someone could write a proper article I might ;)

[edit] cost

"Since larger numbers of phones can be served by smaller numbers of cell-sites, CDMA-based standards have a significant economic advantage over TDMA-based standards, or the oldest cellular standards that used frequency-division multiplexing."

Is this true? In europe the discussion has been that the switch to CDMA-based UMTS is very expensive since they need a much higher concentration of base stations. Or is this a UMTS-specific thing? --83.233.145.199 10:01, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Per my understanding, the need for many UTMS sites is mostly related to uses that require massive bandwidth. If you want more BW to your mobile devices without reducing the number of users, you either need more spectrum to operate in, or you put up more cell sites (making your cells smaller and reusing the frequency more). If you can live without watching TV or downloading mp3s on your cell phone while driving, then you won't need so many extra sites. (humor intended) Marvin Glenn 07:55, 24 September 2006 (UTC)