Orange 3G and the death of CDMA
Suddenly Orange is on a mega expansion of their 3G network, with so much being put into advertising. At the end of this month, the CDMA network will see its end - killed by Orange! So, for those who feed/sleep this ntwork stuff, was it easier for Orange to kill CDMA (low update) and convert those sites/facilities to GSM/3G? I only need to understand if there is a correlation. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
Technically, CDMA and GSM technologies are distinctly different from each other. Forget about the unintended confusion caused by the names CDMA and WCDMA. As such there's very little if any that can be salvaged from one network for use on the other. BTW : I'm one of the few loyalist who actively maintain a CDMA line (Telkom Wireless) for voice/SMS communications. I'm yet to receive any communication from Telkom-Orange advising on the migration options [?][?] Tony.
Tony, If you have a 020 -xxx-xxxx, then please go to any Orange Care Centre and get a GSM SIM card issued for that number immediately. After 31st, those which will not have been migrated will just cease, and I can tell you they feel nothing. Even if you plead for reactivation, they won't listen. I wonder how Orange will even survive. How do you turn away money and still say you are in business? On 18 March 2015 at 20:44, Tony Likhanga via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Technically, CDMA and GSM technologies are distinctly different from each other. Forget about the unintended confusion caused by the names CDMA and WCDMA.
As such there's very little if any that can be salvaged from one network for use on the other.
BTW : I'm one of the few loyalist who actively maintain a CDMA line (Telkom Wireless) for voice/SMS communications. I'm yet to receive any communication from Telkom-Orange advising on the migration options [?][?]
Tony.
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-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
Orange has been planning to kill CDMA for over 3 years. It was a parallel network requiring separate staff and infrastructure. I think it was expensive to run, given the amount generated and spent. It also requires CDMA handsets which are not widely available in Kenya, and given the technical knowledge of most consumers, "itaingia sim card ya safaricom ama airtel" It kind of makes sense On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Suddenly Orange is on a mega expansion of their 3G network, with so much being put into advertising.
At the end of this month, the CDMA network will see its end - killed by Orange!
So, for those who feed/sleep this ntwork stuff, was it easier for Orange to kill CDMA (low update) and convert those sites/facilities to GSM/3G?
I only need to understand if there is a correlation.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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-- Best Regards, Stephen Munguti. +254720425104
I hope they have plans for those of us in mashinani where the only semblance of reliable internet (before this Airtel unlimited thing) was the orange thing.... Does anyone have a deployment roadmap? Does it cover Kilifi specifically any time soon? On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Stephen Munguti via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Orange has been planning to kill CDMA for over 3 years. It was a parallel network requiring separate staff and infrastructure. I think it was expensive to run, given the amount generated and spent. It also requires CDMA handsets which are not widely available in Kenya, and given the technical knowledge of most consumers, "itaingia sim card ya safaricom ama airtel" It kind of makes sense
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Suddenly Orange is on a mega expansion of their 3G network, with so much being put into advertising.
At the end of this month, the CDMA network will see its end - killed by Orange!
So, for those who feed/sleep this ntwork stuff, was it easier for Orange to kill CDMA (low update) and convert those sites/facilities to GSM/3G?
I only need to understand if there is a correlation.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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-- Regards, Collins Areba, P.O Box 44441, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 707 750 788 / 720 516 758 Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins
AAW c'mon 3G!!! they can take old 3g radios to the villages .. bring 4g /LTE to Nairobi and its environs , this is like implementing a strategy that made sense uummm 6yrs ago , i some times feel like KBC , Orange tries its best to kick itself as best as possible ... On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Collins Areba via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
I hope they have plans for those of us in mashinani where the only semblance of reliable internet (before this Airtel unlimited thing) was the orange thing.... Does anyone have a deployment roadmap? Does it cover Kilifi specifically any time soon?
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Stephen Munguti via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Orange has been planning to kill CDMA for over 3 years. It was a parallel network requiring separate staff and infrastructure. I think it was expensive to run, given the amount generated and spent. It also requires CDMA handsets which are not widely available in Kenya, and given the technical knowledge of most consumers, "itaingia sim card ya safaricom ama airtel" It kind of makes sense
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Suddenly Orange is on a mega expansion of their 3G network, with so much being put into advertising.
At the end of this month, the CDMA network will see its end - killed by Orange!
So, for those who feed/sleep this ntwork stuff, was it easier for Orange to kill CDMA (low update) and convert those sites/facilities to GSM/3G?
I only need to understand if there is a correlation.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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Collins Areba, P.O Box 44441, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 707 750 788 / 720 516 758 Twitter: @arebacollins. Skype: arebacollins
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-- GG
CDMA should have been exploited further, it offers such potential Warm Regards, Oliver Ndegwa *TRIPLE PLAY COMMUNICATION*P.O.Box 5207-00506, Nairobi | Phone : 254 02688421 | Cell: +254 713777001, 717883937 Dev Towers, Tubman Rd ,Nairobi, Kenya. | website: | www.tripleplaylive.net | skype:oliver.snom | Google talk:olie.ndegwa On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Odhiambo Washington via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Suddenly Orange is on a mega expansion of their 3G network, with so much being put into advertising.
At the end of this month, the CDMA network will see its end - killed by Orange!
So, for those who feed/sleep this ntwork stuff, was it easier for Orange to kill CDMA (low update) and convert those sites/facilities to GSM/3G?
I only need to understand if there is a correlation.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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Thanks for the heads-up @Wash. Mine's a 020-xxx-xxxx My blind loyalty to them over the years makes me a candidate for beatification when time comes, no? Tony.
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