Apple to make iPhones for CDMA networks
If reports are to be believed, Apple Inc. is getting ready to manufacture an iPhone model that will work on the cellular network operated by Verizon Wireless, though it doesn’t essentially means that it is coming on the carrier.
According to Lowell McAdam, the head of Verizon Wireless, there is the possibility of an iPhone on Verizon’s current 3G network. Verizon anticipates one to come later for Verizon’s newer, faster 4G network.
According to reports, the company will start mass-producing of the iPhones that work on CDMA cellular networks, the kind used by Verizon, by year’s end. They could go on sale early next year.
Current iPhones only work on GSM networks, including that of the iPhone’s exclusive U.S. carrier, AT&T Inc.
The report further revealed that Apple is developing a 5G iPhone that looks different from the ones on sale these days. New iPhone designs, including ones with smaller and larger screens than the existing models, have also long been rumored to be in the works.
Telekom Networks Malawi’s launches W-CDMA network
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telekom Networks Malawi’s (TNM) subscribers can now access services such as video calling, mobile TV and high speed internet offering download speeds of up to 3.6Mbps as the Malawian telecoms operator has launched its W-CDMA/HSDPA network.
Initially the service will be available only to the post-paid subscribers but pre-paid customers will soon have access to the service. According to Charles Kamoto, head of TNM’s Commercial Services division, 3.5G technology is launched in order to provide top-notch services to its customers in Malawi.
With a market share of 32% till September 30 2009, TNM is Malawi’s second largest cellco by subscribers. Zain Malawi is the only competitor of the company with 68% share of customers.
