Originally Posted by
Dubai Stu
I'll have to defer on this one. I knew that there was a CDMA network when I was there in 2000 and I remember a Hong Kong CDMA provider listing roaming in Signapore after that which reinforced my misbelief. I also saw a couple of CDMA sets for sale in Singapore last year, but they were unlocked and could have been met for other places (e.g. China, Indonesia, and India).
If I remember rightly, the CDMA network lasted two or three years before they realised they needed the spectrum for 3G. They closed it down and gave the subscribers GSM phones instead.
Interesting to hear they were selling CDMA phones though - I wonder how that worked? I thought one of the defining points of CDMA was the lack of SIM, meaning networks could much more effectively control the supply and use of handsets... I'm very out of date with my CDMA handset knowledge though. Not even seen one in four years!