Cingular Prepares To Shut Down Legacy Networks by 2008
Mar 22, 2006, 2:25 PM by (staff)
At TelecomNext Cingular CEO Stan Sigman said the company is prepared to shut down its legacy TDMA and analog networks by 2008. The end of the analog network was expected - the federal government mandated 2008 was the earliest a carrier could shut down analog service, and the carrier has few analog subscribers. The shut down of the TDMA network, while not a surprise, comes earlier than expected as there are still several million TDMA customers. However, a Cingular spokesman added that 95% of its traffic is already on the carrier's GSM network, and legacy subscribers are switching to GSM for advanced phones and less expensive calling plans.
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Comments
This ought to be fun.
The service providers want to cut the expense of legacy TDMA/Analog networks, but will not provide a working solution for rural users. Great! 😕
it's not just the carriers, did u read the article? the government is requiring this, but not requiring or offering a rural solution. i hate to say it, but if you're living in East Bubu F**K,you may have to give up some of the benifits of today's mo...
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and honestly where tdma was they already have a gsm overlay... and if the only signal you are getting is from analog, no one is going to be supporting that for that much longer...
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You say that as if rural users have a right to cell phone service. 😕
