Talk:Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
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2007-06-03 I'm adding this tag to a portion of the hardware section of this article, because it seems like there is editorializing going on here. Namely the passage which reads "iDEN is an excellent technology, and if Nextel and Motorola had not kept iDEN proprietary, it would have been a contender for one of the most spectrum efficient and feature unique world-standards, at least until the introduction of UMTS. Even now that GSM has finally adopted a push-to-talk standard, iDEN is still the best performer in regard to latency."
Are there any factual articles or sources to back up this claim? What makes iDEN an excellent technology over say, CDMA or GSM? Are there studies the writer can point to that compare iDEN's purported superiority over other wireless air interfaces? Without such references to back up this claim, it seems to me these claims are just biased opinion.
Also, there is no mention of data and 3G related services. Does iDEN surpass the competing air interfaces when it comes to packet-switched data and voice?
As an aside, there seems to be no mention at all about the issues the public safety sector is having in the US with iDEN, that are resulting in Sprint/Nextel (the largest US iDEN operator) having to go through a rebanding process. See Nextel#Nextel_U.S._operations_interfere_with_police_and_fire_radios.
The article also seems to be lacking in references. I'm adding that tag as well.
7/7/2006 How about a comparison (or link to comparison) with CDMA, GSM, etc... it'd be nice to see a grid comparison regarding the different technologies and capabilities... what speeds, land mass coverage, security, versitility (voice only, voice+data, etc)... something would be nice. I'd throw this further down in the discussion but it seems like it'd be an easy chart if anyone has data/sources for it
I changed the claim that "most" competing technologies use 12.5 kHz per channel, to say that "some" competing technologies use 12.5 kHz per channel. If you're comparing to IS-95 CDMA, the technology that is most often positioned against iDEN, my understanding is that it isn't really an apples-to-apples comparison with regard to bandwidth. If you're comparing to GSM, it puts 8 conversations into the bandwidth of an analog channel. --Nate 23:45 Feb 19, 2003 (UTC)
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The article states that WiDEN "was a planned upgrade," which implies it was abandoned. It hasn't been, in fact. (See WiDEN.) Anyone object to me clarifying that? --User:Justen 15:46 2005 May 27 (UTC)
I agree that the tense should be corrected regauring WiDEN. WiDEN launch has definatly not been canceled, as I am told it is about to launch. Also, I belive the statment that iDEN will be phased out after the print merger is very speculative, and should be removed. It is doughtfull that iDEN as a technology will be phased out, as there is already significan capital invested in a working network. It is more possible that the network will be sold, or used for other purposes. --User:ComicMasta 04:08 2005 June 1 (UTC)
Most of the comments on this page were taken into account when I did the edit about a month ago --Alohawolf 09:18, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] iDEN phones in Europe?
who cares
The Nextel phone contains a standard GSM SIM module. If one has purchased International Roaming from Nextel (SPRINT) then that SIM can be placed in a "OPEN" GSM Phone and used in Europe. I travel to Europe all the time and this is how I maintain the Telephony aspect from my phone.
[edit] Leaked photos of the new dualed Motorola iDEN-CDMA phones.
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