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Old 03-24-2008, 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by JKingGrim View Post
But since LTE is not a GSM based technology it does not need SIM cards. So if other GSM carriers continue to use SIM cards VZW may still not work with other 4G GSM phones anyway. Who knows what Verizon's future network will be like.
LTE is a 3GPP standard. The air interface isn't the same as GSM but it still uses a lot of the same concepts as GSM, including SIM cards.
 
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