What I see when I look at the CDMA network is an easy way to make money. An iphone or even a decent Android smartphone subsidized heavily by the provider and workin on only the CDMA network would allow the provider to milk the subscriber for a much longer time than on GSM where options are many. 

Locked in subscriber (using technology) and assured sales mean steady income.

From what I see around me, most users want a phone that will do pretty much what the iphone does. take good pictures,connect to the net , make calls etc with as few frills, bells and whistles as possible. The less they know about how it all works the better.

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Patrick Karanja <wabethi@gmail.com> wrote:

Cynthia,

Woe unto him who wants to buy the CDMA network. 

How about having  Equipment which have reached EOL (End of life) with the equipment vendor, I doubt they would do that, it will just die naturally or as Adam says everyone is moving towards LTE.

regards 

Patrick 

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Cynthia Wahome <cwahome@jambo.co.ke> wrote:

Hello Mark
This is so true
However the management at orange doing stupid stuff
This will not be happening anytime soon.

Rumor has it they intend to sell their CDMA network

> I have been wondering for a while why Orange Kenya does not sell CDMA
> iPhones yet they have the only active CDMA network in the region and as
> far
> as I can tell it is on the same tech as the American one (CDMA 2000)
>
> This would ensure lock in of subscribers and allow subsidizing of
> handsets.
> The subscribers would be happy on an non-congested network, assured
> revenues for the network since there is no unlocking or sim swap business
> and utilization of the network that only seems to be used by modem
> dongles.
>
> Win win?
>
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>
> Mark Mwangi
>
> markmwangi.me.ke

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