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future of iDEN???

by qbo2537 Jul 25, 2005 3:07AM PDT

i made my mind of buying a nextel phone and obiviously having nextel as my wireless provider. but i get confused with the news about sprint and nextel merging. what will happened to the iDEN network? will it still be in use?

also...i know this doesnt go w/ the topic but do other countries support iDEN

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by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 25, 2005 3:15AM PDT

1. Asking your provider.

2. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDEN and we see it's a Motorola proprietary item and that may limit it as well as the push to 3G. WiDEN is also noted.

Bob

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Iden

by jdj36 Jul 25, 2005 5:05AM PDT

They claim iden will be around untill 2010 but who knows, as far as I know nobody else but the usa has iden

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yes and no

by grimreaperking Aug 28, 2005 10:27AM PDT

no it wont i belong to many nextel forums the merger will cahnge some things but u can granfather ur plan for a while when it expires and no iden is us mexico and canada the rest of the world use gsm for the most part

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